Government Regulating How Private Industries Organize Or Improve Their Cybersecurity And How They Justify It

The most recents detections of how cyber warfare is inevitably coming was the accusations of Russia hacking the the Democratic National Committee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email’s releasing damaging evidence against them which ultimately lead to Donald Trump being named the President of The United States (Diamond, 2016). The effects of cyber warfare have leaked over in to televise series, forming shows such as CSI cyber, and the gaming world, Call Of Duty Infinite Warfare. Neglect regarding cyber security can: undermine the reputation of both the government and elected officials; force unacceptable expenditures associated with the cost of cleaning up after security breaches; cripple governments' abilities to respond to a wide variety of homeland security emergency situations or recover from natural or man-made threats; and disable elected officials' ability to govern (Lohrmann, 2010). Classified information such as overseas operators and attacks, missile locations, response plans and weaknesses, and much more cripples America’s ability to defend itself from enemies both foreign and domestic. To combat cyber terrorism is the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA. In an article titled “Why Cybersecurity Information Sharing Is A Positive Step for Online Security” it is discussed that under CISA, the Department of Homeland security will have more responsibility for domestic cybersecurity. CISA’s fundamental purpose is to better enable cybersecurity information to be shared between the private and public sectors (2016). The sharing of threat information between public and private sectors can give the the United States a head start by allowing them to share information rapidly and more often to combat enemy threats while still providing safety for privacy and civil

Evaluating the pros and cons of government operated security versus returning to privately owned security

The report will be critical to addressing the cyber security issues while focusing on information sharing between the government agencies and the private businesses. Additionally, the report will highlight the advantages and disadvantages of the legislative proposal that is the cyber security information sharing the act of 2015 and its subsequent effects on privacy and the internet at the same time considering the other cyber security bills.

Job creation, economic growth, and education have always been the top priorities of a nation. In order to keep these priorities straight, a nation should pursue the highest levels of national security. The United States has had to deal with an overwhelmingly large amount of terrorism and foreign threats since the birth of the country. Now, more than ever, the measure of foreign threats to the U.S has increased tremendously. The attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001, shifted the country’s priorities to national security. From that point on, the country’s priority was to prevent future terrorist attacks on American soil. This leads to the passage of the USA Patriot Act. Technology helped revolutionize the nation’s means of security

One of the biggest roles the government played in the security of American citizens began when a breach of national security occurred on September

It’s always important to defend our information from an unauthorized access. To support this, United States enacted a federal law for Information Security in 2002, called FISMA. FISMA stands for Federal Information Security Management Act. FISMA features include policy development, risk management and Information security awareness for federal agencies. In this paper, we shall discuss the purpose of FISMA act, what is NIST’s role in FISMA, FISMA implementation project, contemporary criticisms of FISMA.

When all is said and done, the United States Internet is fully exposed to any threat from outside the country’s borders. What security that exists relies solely on independent security methods, be them from the United States government, from private companies, or just individuals. As has been noted recently, all these have failed miserably, be it China’s stealing of millions of records from the United States Office of Personnel Management (Gertz, 2016), January, to the Sony hack by the North Korean’s (Elkind, 2015) and have demonstrated the total lack of needed national Internet boundary

Privacy threats are currently the biggest threat to National Security today. The threats are not only concerning to the government, however. An alarming 92% of Americans are concerned that the power grid may be vulnerable to a cyber-attack (Denholm). Although this is a more recent development to the cyber threats we have experienced, this is not the first time that privacy threats have stepped into the limelight as people are forced to watch their every online move.

“Businesses, governments, and other organizations face a wide array of information security risks. Some threaten the confidentiality of private information, some threaten the integrity of data and operations, and still others threaten to disrupt availability of critical systems” (Sullivan, 2009). Since such security risks are always going to present in the cyber world, businesses and organizations need to fully be aware of any vulnerabilities in their systems. The initial realization of any organization’s vulnerability can only

For example, the Department of Defense most recently reported that a Chinese owned company, DJI, which specializes in unmanned aerial vehicles (drones) has cunningly received data on critical U.S. infrastructure such as military bases, commercial airports, highways, and bridges without consent.10 Unknowingly, and while using these systems for standard and routine business operations, U.S. military and commercial users of these systems were transmitting data back to China. Now, the DoD, Homeland Security, and other government agencies, in a reactive posture, are assessing the vulnerabilities and developing risk mitigation strategies. The extent of this potential data exploitation from commercial applications undeniably draws skepticism about the government’s ability to control and exercise safeguard even in the commercial sector. This unassailable intrusion only proves that the tools and the employment of cyber capabilities provide a clandestine vehicle to surreptitiously engage in offensive cyber operations while leaving faint fingerprints that eludes detection. China’s covert acts will continue to challenge the effectiveness of the U.S. leadership, test the strength of the United States National Security Strategy, and the merits of Department of Defense military strategy.

Similarly, for more than two decades, businesses and governments worldwide have struggled to understand the nature and scale of the cyber threat facing them, and to develop appropriate responses to tackle it. In many cases, the strategies adopted to manage and mitigate these risks have included heavy investment in information assurance. Despite this investment, the view of many professionals is that a persistent adversary will still get through most organisations’ defences. Countering the threat of attack on critical information assets and systems has emerged as a key priority for our federal government and other governments worldwide. Similarly, private sector corporations are taking the risk of cyber attacks with increasing seriousness, in part as a response to a series of high-profile attacks from banks to online retailers to ISPs. Against this background, attention is increasingly switching to deterring such attacks before they take place. This focus is especially prevalent among governments, which have the necessary

Computer systems have become essential to the way of life that exists in the United States and other Western nations. However, America’s dependency on computers results in the nation being vulnerable to cyber-attacks. This paper will discuss cyber threats to American security as they pertain to the nation’s government, military, businesses, and infrastructure. Such threats include possible acts of cyber terrorism, as well as espionage and information theft. It will be seen that cyber-attacks could result in physical as well as economic damage to the nation. It will be argued that the threat of cyber-attack is real and that it needs to be taken seriously. Since the techniques of those involved

Cyber Attacks have forced industries to assess many areas of security as well as policies and procedures currently in place that protect sensitive information. Companies have lost billions of dollars as part these breaches, as they are forced to reimburse consumers for transactions and exposure of their identities. “A report by the

Hacker groups are like the secret agency to most people because they always hide behind their computer and rarely show their accomplishments in public. However, the Anonymous hacker group shows its power to the public by declaring internet war against ISIS, and people finally realized that cyber attack is powerful. In fact, cyber security is always a serious problem in the U.S, but most companies and individuals do not realize the extent of the threat. Many companies lose their confidential files and customers’ information because their cyber securities are too weak. In order to protect company assets, companies should be aware of the importance of cyber security and spend money to build stronger cyber defense for themselves.

Attacks on the nation’s computer infrastructures are becoming gradually more severe problem. Although the problem is ubiquitous, administrations are predominantly appealing objectives as well as they are inclined to be more willing to disclose such events than business associations. Intrusions are the actions which violate the security