Network Security And Its Effects On The Network

The purpose of this paper is to touch on the issue of Hacking. It will go into detail about the history, evolution, future and prevention of Hacking. In addition, this paper will discuss different types of hackers and their motivation behind hacking. This paper examines the major impact caused by malicious hackers and give modern examples of such attacks. To conclude, it will predict how hacking will be in the near future and give the precautionary measures Information Security professionals can take to mitigate the risk of being victimized.

In this modern day and age of computing, networks are a huge part of IT. It is important now more than ever that data sent over any network, whether it be a LAN (Local Area Network) or WAN (Wide Area Network; The Internet) is kept safe, private (when required) and uninterrupted in

Counterintelligence is one of the most vital areas of the United States intelligence system, and is heavily intertwined with our history, laws and ethics. According to the National Security Act of 1947, counterintelligence (CI) is defined as “information gathered and activities conducted to protect against espionage, other intelligence activities, sabotage, or assassinations conducted by or on behalf of foreign governments or elements thereof, foreign organizations or foreign persons, or international terrorist activities.” It consists of five activities and functions: operations, investigations, collection, analysis and production, and functional services. In this aspect, CI is unique in that it is both an activity and its product. U.S. intelligence agencies, including the National Security Agency (NSA) and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) collect and analyze both CI information and foreign intelligence. There are many counterintelligence activities that the United States is involved in, as both CI and foreign intelligence play an important role in countering threats to our country’s national security. Among these most controversial and misunderstood activities are counterespionage and disinformation.

Consolidation of the intelligence community under the DNI increases collaboration by inculcating a culture of “jointness”, similar to collaborative efforts by the military services following the Goldwater-Nichols reform. Second, establishment of the National Intelligence Coordination Center (NIC-C) provides DNI with a way to coordinate and focus collection efforts across the intelligence community. Lastly, The Library of National Intelligence provides a means for analysts across the intelligence community to gain access to additional sources.

Topic Significance (Assignment 1): After World War I, the N.S.A. was established in 1952. During this time, they used a “Cipher Bureau” which was created by the U.S Army in 1917. This was demobilized in 1928 (Howe). After the bureau departed, it became known as the Signal Security Agency, which helped with World War II. They also used a cryptologists, which was also created during World War II. During this time, the NSA, FBI, and CIA were suspects when the U.S Senate Church Committee exposed the fact that the N.S.A was spying on people since 1945. They used programs such as SHAMROCK and MINARET. Which allowed the N.S.A. to monitor communications between opponents. This allowed Congress to establish the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act in 1978. (Gallagher). Since then, the National Security Agency has been very diligent at keeping the scope and depth of their surveillance

Any system of communication when it is designed these security services are taken into account and these security services must be defined,and can be shortened format as (CIA) [17].

The Central Intelligence Agency is the President’s independent foreign intelligence arm, responsible to him through the Director of National Intelligence and the National Security Council, and accountable to the people of the United States by interaction with the intelligence oversight committees of Congress. The CIA has many duties within those boundaries and performs a variety of functions through many forms of intelligence. They employ people from all backgrounds of academic study, from linguists to economists, along with people from varied ethnic backgrounds to work as specialists. It is a large agency with many responsibilities, but most importantly they perform critical work for the President regarding

The CIA triad of confidentiality, integrity, and availability is at the heart of information security (Perrin, 2012). The pillars of the CIA Triad provide a significant foundation of security in an information system. The decisions and implementations of each of these pillars will impact the overall security posture. Pillars are incremental so an increase or decrease in implementation of a given pillar will have a cumulative effect.

2. Explain the CIA triad. For each part of the triad, outline attacks on a database and possible protections

According to a white paper conducted by the Intelligence Committee of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), both law enforcement and intelligence organizations recognize the need to collaborate, share, and exchange information. However, the events leading up to 9/11 document how the legal and artificial boundaries between them created a serious impediment to protecting the country. First this paper will discuss some of the reasoning and initiatives behind the development of information sharing between the Intelligence Community (IC) and law enforcement agencies; and this paper will also discuss the similarities and difference between Title 50 United States Code (U.S.C.) intelligence activities to law enforcement information gathering/sharing. Apparently, the consensus is that, the IC and the law enforcement agencies need to share more information, that include operational strategies and tactics—especially those focused on transnational issues such as terrorism, drugs, counterintelligence, and weapons of mass destruction—needed to be better integrated.

activities system-wide must be kept to a minimum. Finally, the system must yield high quality information. Quality is a major aspect of data integrity as this is the element of the system focused on giving current as well as accurate and consistent data at any time and in every location information needs to be accessed.

Terrorism is the warfare of the future. The battlefield has changed and it will take professional intelligence agencies to gather information about these unorthodox combatants. To help fight the war on terror, intelligence corporations must be present. However, some of the agencies can be combined with others to make a “super agency”. Three agencies that currently play a major role in the battle on terrorism will be the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). Discussion will be given on which

Select one of the three characteristics of information security (CIA) and explain its importance as related to the development of policy, education, OR technology.

Prevalent to the current trend now is the dependency of the society on Information technology and communication systems. Every aspect of human life is one way or the other linked and controlled by information technology tools. The importance of information technology cannot be over emphasized as its unavailability could lead to a form of disaster or the other. Pivotal infrastructures like finance, healthcare, education and security are driven by information technology. However, information technology and its benefits are accompanied by vulnerabilities and risks that can be exploited by people with the necessary technical skills. Individuals like ‘Hackers’ and ‘Cyber Terrorist’ can cause disruption to information systems, commit financial fraud and also attack computers and networks. These attacks and disruptions could result to violence against people and properties. In some cases, death, serious injuries and severe economic loss could occur as a result of these attacks.

The guiding security principles in the scenario are geared to protect its assets. The of its assets are information and data. The CIA triad of Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability which is the pinnacle of information security must always be considered when protecting these invaluable assets.