Security Incidents And Security Violations

As every single person would not want to have his/her identity being stolen or even get his/her bank account being compromised, however, there are many people that don’t know what to do in order to keep themselves safe. Letting these people and access to information can easily help every single user letting them know every single level of sophistication that is involved in these crimes and through this information, they can easily make secure measurements in order to protect themselves in this digital world.

“The task is simple to explain but harder to achieve. If we do not incorporate adequate security measures in our computer and communications infrastructure, we risk being overwhelmed by external enemies. If we put an externally focused view of security ahead of all other concerns, we risk being overwhelmed by their misuse. We must find a set of rules and a mechanism for overseeing those rules that allows society to defend itself from its genuine enemies while keeping communication surveillance from stifling dissent, enforcing morality and invading privacy. If we do not, the right to use privacy –enhancing technology that was won in the 1990s will be lost again.”

Throughout the twenty-first century, technology has been one of the major focusses of people world-wide. Technology has even helped the unemployment rate by creating new jobs that wouldn’t have been around twenty years ago. Overall, technology is a helpful tool that is used to advance our knowledge of the world we live in. However, technology can also be used for wrong-doing. One example of how technology can be used for wrong-doing comes in the form of identity theft. According to Merriam Webster, identity theft is “the illegal use of someone’s personal identifying information in order to get money or credit.” For example, in modern-day America, companies are putting the personal information of their customers in the cloud, a data server that is connected to the internet. As technology advances, it is getting harder for companies to protect your personal information, and easier for identity thieves to hack into the cloud and steal it. Thankfully, President Obama is determined to strengthen cyber-security, and so he has introduced a series of proposals designed to aid the fight against identity theft. Firstly, Obama wants companies to share information with the government, in order to help the companies scan their servers for malicious software known as malware. Also, the president wants a system where customers will be alerted if their credit card is stolen, within a thirty

With our dependency on technology and computers growing in just about every aspect of our lives, from at home to business, we are leaving our information out there for anyone who has the desire to try to get that information. When computers were first used by business and the government it was easy to secure the information stored on the room sized machines. It was as simple as securing the building and rooms that they were in. Now after the invention of the World Wide Web and how we are connected through a series of networks from Personal Area Networks to Wide Area Networks, Any criminal that has the computer skills can potentially gain access any information they desire. Securing our information on our computers and over the networks we use

E-commerce security threats and technology solution dimensions consist of integrity, authenticity, confidentiality, privacy, availability, etc. (Laudon & Traver, 2012, p.268). The internet can serve as a very useful tool or it can be a tool manipulated to perform unethical actions. Its function as tool all depends on what the user and what they intend to do with the information they download, view or share. Many analysts trace the increase in the number of issues faced by consumers today to the internet. Internet access has transitioned from a luxury to a common household utility. This shift in demand makes it increasingly easy for criminals such as hackers to gain access to a larger pool of information. This growing pool of

The Internet is undoubtedly one of the most provocative sociological and psychological phenomena. Often the Internet says that it links all those fallen communicators who cannot cope in the real world. Socializing and surfing online space does not pass without leaving a trace. Each user provides information about themselves, sometimes as a condition to be able to access the required application, when consciously accedes to it, sometimes exchanging information with other members of the network, unaware that the network "remembers everything", that data remains deposited even when its removed profile. However, more often we are faced with data theft and identity by criminal hacker groups. Cyber security is a challenge that will have to be resolved

Adam Segal’s “The Hacked World Order” reveals many prevalent issues in today’s technologically centered society. Starting at Year Zero, June 2012 to June 2013, the battle over cyberspace witnessed world-changing cyberattacks. This was accomplished due to the fact that nearly 75% of the world’s population has easy access to a mobile phone, and the Internet connects nearly 40% of the total human population, which is nearly 2.7 billion people. With that being said, cyberattacks are becoming a more realistic form of terror.

Private information in the digital world seems to be more easily obtained as technology furthers. The idea that digital information is as safe as ever might be a very unrealistic concept. The web is filled with hackers and virus’s designed to steal a person’s personal information. The idea that streets could have facial recognition could follow someone throughout someone’s whole day. A person could learn all about them from watching them, where the victim’s kids go to school, where they work, and where the individual sleeps. That information could come with a price to many corrupt people. On another idea, hackers could hack into these systems and again, sell information or use it for one’s own personal

With cyber crime on the rise across the globe, security of personal information on computers and the internet is imperative. On September 22, 2016, Yahoo publicly announced that a third party source had hacked personal consumer accounts. In the announcement of the breach, the company speculated that the cyber attack had occurred back in mid to late 2014. With a data breach of such large magnitude, the result was nearly 500 million individual logins and account information being compromised. A data breach of this size means that millions of people could possibly fall victim to identity theft in the future, depending on what information was obtained from the hacker. Yahoo’s announcement of the breach stirred a massive controversy over why one

Today’s society deals with an unprecedented amount of information, security breach has become very important in today’s world, as a result of methods adopted to bypass the network security. Network administrators need to keep with all recent activity with both hardware and software not just for security, but other user’s data. This paper will outline various hospitality monitoring, digital security of hospitality, network security in hospitality and the challenges that they face with security.

By the year of 2016, investments in online security are expected to reach $86bn (Contu et al, 2012). Although this might seem a large sum of money, it is considered necessary since there is an increase in online risks from all over the world. Professional hackers develop malware on a global scale and on a 24/7 basis. Hackers have five objectives when spreading malware over the Internet: to infect/distribute, to steal, to persist, to control and for intelligence (Morris, 2010).

In the last decade it’s amazing how technology has advanced over the years and will continue to advance for many years to come. Every year there is a new cell phone from Apple or Samsung, with new features that make our lives more convenient. From faster software to higher picture quality and so on. I am unable to recall the last time I used a camera to take pictures or went to the bank to deposit a check. Technology advances every day and many can’t wait to see what’s next to come. But with new technology comes greater risk for violations of privacy. In the following research paper I will discuss the types of security breaches and the cost associated with these breaches that businesses around the world face on a daily basis.

Though there are several advantages in mobile cloud ecosystem, there are some issues and challenges in mobile cloud computing. Some of the major issues in security are

Cybercrime has become a fast growing concern for the 21st century as businesses, institutions and individuals grow into an interconnected web of computer networks. Online business transactions, along with the sharing of personal information, are vulnerable to a host of disasters that can reap economic and social havoc. Some sources say that today, cybercrime costs more than $1.0 trillion to society--Global Industry Analysts, Inc. forecasted the world cyber security market to reach $80 billion by 2017 (Gale, 2011).

Abstract — We have studied 4 security incidences which highlight the issue of computer security by providing information about the vulnerabilities in these incidences and what should be done to prevent such attacks. All these security incidences are based on the concepts and techniques we learnt during the Computer Security course which increased our understanding and eagerness to explore more on these topics.