Hacking has become a common trend all over the world. The act has not only become more and more rampant for commercial gains but also for other reasons such as academic gains. This was the case in California where some students managed to hack into their class teacher’s account. This hacking was followed by an alteration of the grades which was obviously to their advantage so that the system can reflect that they passed the tests. This incident took place in Orange County and the students were learning in the Corona Del Mar High School which is located in the Newport Beach which is located In the Southern parts of California.
It is believed that the student used a technique that uses hardware key-logging to access the teacher’s logging
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The administrator is required to review and analyze approximately 52,000 adjustment which have been made to the examination system for a period starting last year. The auditing will target all the changes that were made on the system without the proper authorization.
Even though the necessary measures have been taken so ensure that the culprits are punished and that the system is upgraded to a more secure state. The school has said that there may be many people who are involved or have been involved in the habit of cheating. The administration then explained that due to the increase use of technology, there is a risk that is always associated with it.
The school has taken upon to conduct fingerprinting and tracking the students so as to uncover the truth behind the saga. Employing the use of identification cards and monitoring the general activities when the students are out of school, are some of the techniques that the school has decided to adopt in tracking.
This security is essential since the students are well equipped to bypass the system. This is evident in the scenario that unfolded when the LA students were provided with iPads and within a short time they had unlocked them.
According to the school, very valuable information such as upcoming examinations and grading methods are at risk of being hacked.
Factors that made hacking easier The protection of information on social network seems to be hard unlike when a person is dealing with business
Many students in today’s world are becoming lazy. As time is there, students find ways to cheat, and lessen their work load through unethical approaches. There are multiple stories from teachers that can just go on about the students that try to cheat the system. The ways of these students could be that they can’t read and are trying to cheat their way through the educational system.
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.
An educational institution, such as this preschool, should take the security of both systems and networks seriously. Modern technology has so many benefits for helping educators teach young children, but also potentially harm so many individuals and families if good security protocols are not followed. A security breach has the potential of exposing sensitive data about students, their families and staff. With a wealth of information cyber defenses in academia is worse than healthcare because academia is not prepared to practice attentive and organized cyber intelligence (Polancich, 2015). Crimes such as identity theft, kidnapping, extortion, and sex assaults against children are only a few of what could potentially occur if physical and information technology security are not taken seriously. A breach could also bring negative publicity and possible legal ramifications with possible lawsuits against the institution and/or staff, as well as losing government and private funding. This in turn can affect enrollment, ability to hire and keep good teachers and other staff and remain an open educational institution. A staff made up of approximately 200 teachers, office personnel, administrators and executive staff ethical behavior should be a priority. Families entrust teachers and staff members with their children and sensitive information. If any staff personnel acts in an unethical way much of this information can be compromised
This analysis discusses some issues and requirements to correct these issues that are outlined in the Turn Key University (TKU) data breach case study. In addition to these issues and requirements, some applicable laws will be discussed and some controls will be suggested for implementation.
schools and their cyber security is not good and that they need to fix it. The evidence is
Unfortunately, our situation is not unique. Across the nation schools are routinely subjected to “outside hacking, in-house errors, and even technology gaps at companies they work with”, making many students and employees vulnerable to identity theft (Davis, 2015, p.1). Schools can also be held responsible for paying significant legal fees and damages if private student academic information is breached (Bathon, 2013, p.1).
“Pupils are responsible for acceptable and appropriate behavior and conduct on school district computer networks/computers.”
It might come as a surprise to you that some of the school’s current policies have put students’ education and safety in jeopardy. These flaws come about as a result of missed in-class notes and from the misuse of the key fob system. My solution to these quandaries is to require all teachers to record and upload their lectures to the internet and to replace fobs with a more secure, less inconvenient system.
Almost 90 percent of our society now depends on complex computer based system. With the increasingly use of computer and explosive growth of the Internet has brought many good things: electronic commerce, online banking, e-mail, video conferencing etc. The improvement of systems security to prevent criminal hacker has become an important concern to society. There are many ways to protect those information systems; it seems that the Ethical Hacking is a better way. Therefore, whether to teach or not teach the "Ethical Hacking" as a course in Tertiary education has become an interesting argument. In this article will analysis the ethical, legal, and ethical implications of this issue.
Key successes in teaching courses is by using updated material, new assignments, new quizzes, new projects, and encouraging students to participate with the lecture discussions. I give the information security and digital forensics courses further attention, since new attacks, techniques, methods, discoveries, and challenges are changing rapidly. Therefore, I update my course materials every semester to include as many possible of the latest science. The digital forensic course is also updated every semester with new challenges for students to solve through the semester with non-commercial tools. The hacking techniques course I teach is also updated with new vulnerable applications to attack. I believe all of the updates done will not only increase the ability of learning, but they provide students with true hands-on experience to tackle real-world life scenarios during or after graduation.
The root problem is that HOPE recipients’ confidential information was able to be leaked over the search engines because of technicians’ human error by not transferring over the vital file to the servers when they performed a software upgrade. However, although this breach of confidential information was known, measurements was not quickly put in place to have the matter rectify, to prevent more threats. The relevant authority although being aware of this serious matter, failed to inform the students, therefore the trust was lost and a major concern to future recipients about the safety and security of their confidential information.
Social networking sites such as Twitter or Facebook have created a new ethical dilemma for many businesses. Corporations, small businesses, and even universities are struggling create policies to manage their employees social networking behaviors. Social networking access, particularly for recruiters, can provide personal information about potential employees, which would otherwise not be available. A business must follow statutes and guidelines when disclosing information to the public. Individuals on social networking sites have no such constraints. Employees can and do make comments about their employers online. Employers can and do watch what employees post online. Any individual can send or post potentially damaging information
There are several reasons why internet security is vital to the classroom. The most important reason is to maintain a fully functional operational system free of problems like slow running computer programs and hard drive damage caused by computer program viruses. Students often unknowingly download these
People are increasingly sharing their lives online through social networking sites with little concern for who may be viewing their information. This has become an issue in current times and is up for debate based on the ethical issues associated with Social Media. People don’t realize joining a social network is like joining a community. As any community in real life, your business has a place in the community but should not invade one’s privacy. Social networking is one of the most popular methods apart from forum marketing that is available to Internet users today. Places like MySpace and Facebook among others have gone from just social interaction spaces to a part time marketing program as
This system for ensuring the security of the physical technology assets of this school is greatly effective. This school relies heavily on the IT support staff to keep the technology secure and up to date so that it can be used effectively by the students. There have not been any problems with the system for securing the technology in this case study school thus far. The IT staff member works well with each teacher to offer help, solve problems and provide what is needed for the students to successfully use the available technology in the school. The protocol is clear to teachers and staff and the technology is available to be used.