The Effects Of Cyber Attacks On Cyber Security

Every American citizen can remember exactly where they were on the day September 11, 2001, this day was burned into the mind of American because the biggest terrorist attack in American history would occur. Two Boeing planes hijacked by a terrorist organization named al-Qaeda who would crash the planes into the world trades centers, sending America into shock(Pizzo,2016). There have been countless laws and regulations passed in America since the awful terrorist attacks on 9/11, has it been effective or a failure. The attack on September 11, 2001, will forever be a turning point in American history, it raised one of the most important questions in American society today what is more import for a citizen freedom or security and the law put in place to combat these horrific terrorist attack ultimately would be ineffective and tear American more apart on political issues.

Since the events of September 11, 2016, many Americans want to know what the government has done or are doing to make America safer and is it working. After America endured attacks or was involved in war, the government made changes to attempt to make the country safer. Some of the most recent changes involve The Patriot Act and changes to our immigration laws. Before we can look ahead to the present, we need to look into the past to see if our government has learned from past bad practices or if they have indeed helped us become more secure as the United States has had its share of surprise attacks.

After analyzing the 9/11 Commission report is it clear that there were multiple structural shortcomings on behalf of the Federal Bureau of investigations(FBI) that may have contributed to their inability to stop the 9/11 attacks. Additionally, there was lack of oversight on the FBI by the Executive and Legislative Branches.

Since the onset of the first packet switching event that many believe to be beginning of the internet, no other technology besides the printing press has ever transformed the ability to deliver information. Although the internet is used by a large percentage of the civilized world, few Americans realize how vital cyberspace is to our national infrastructure. Today, we are faced with even more threats although it has been a recognized problem since 2009, when President Barrack Obama said “The cyber threat is one of the most serious economic and national security challenges we face as a nation. It’s also clear that we’re not as prepared as we should be, as a government or as a country (Obama, 2009).” Every industry that operates in the United States is dependent on the internet for some aspect of their business. Commerce, transportation, financial institutions, military, as well as industrial control systems are all interconnected. This interconnectedness has created vulnerabilities within their infrastructure that have increasingly become targets of terrorists, script kiddies, foreign governments and hackers of all types.

Prior to September 11, 2001, the government intelligence agencies truly failed. Both the FBI and CIA are to blame because they failed to share the “information that appears relevant to the events of 9/11” (Theoharis and Immerman). Neither agency thought that the information about terrorists that may be in the U.S. is important to act upon or tell the other organization. This led to nothing happening to try

In the aftermath of the worst terrorist attacks in American history, the September attacks of the world Trade Center in 2001, Americans are obligated to look at the mistakes that were made before and after the attacks, especially in recent lite of increased acts of terror globally. A critical mistake made before the attacks was the neglection of terrorism as a top priority in President George W. Bush’s administration. And after the attacks, inaction would also have been viewed negatively by the public, and so the government acted swiftly in retaliation to the attacks, resulting in the death of many brave American soldiers and a huge cost to the American taxpayer.

Nine-Eleven was found to be the largest loss of life by a foreign attack on American soil. The attack killed 2,996 people and 11 unborn babies directly. This could not have happened without the willful failure of the American Defense System. None of the thousands of deaths would not have happened without the deliberate unplugging of America’s air defenses. The twin towers could not have collapsed as a result of burning jet fuel. They did not fall automatically because of plane impacts or fires.

Senator Church’s summary of the committee findings states: “There has been, in short, a clear and sustained failure by those responsible for controlling the intelligence community, and to ensure its accountability.”, (Fourth Amendment Framework, 2015, p. 164).

The claims that are presented in this report may very well be the Haunting pieces of puzzle that shake millions of patriotic Americans down to their very roots. This is information that has been overlooked and tucked away into the deep corners of the American Pride that resides in the hearts of millions of Americans. There is multitudes of evidence that contradict the credibility of the 9/11 Official Commission Report. There are significant gaps within the Commission Report, which contradict the FACTUAL events that took place on the day of September 11th, 2001. Please be advised that the information that you are going to view is very significant. I offer no conclusions, I only wish to present this information, and let the reader draw

By disregarding cues of possible terrorist attacks and constant mistakes within the American Intelligence for not planning ahead, the United States failed to achieve its number one goal as a governing body: not keeping its citizens safe. It is important to dig into the issue of the disaster of 9/11 and completely understand the reason for failed prevention efforts. Moreover adding to these issues was the lack of communication and information shared between the two agencies, the Federal Bureau of Investigations and Central Intelligence Agency.

The DHS has received $41.2 billion just in 2016 (Hanley 1). However, no amount of spending could actually make Americans feel safer. Even with the amount of money the DHS has received, the attention that they are actually giving this situation lacks. The attentions between each agency is varied after the attacks of 9/11 (May 7). Which results in different outcomes on handling terrorist attacks. During a panel appearance, panelists have stated that “Americans are wasting money looking for a magic bullet and funding programs that previous experience shows don’t work” (Hanley 15). During a panel interview Michael German, a former FBI agent, acknowledges the fact that there are terrorists out there who are always one step ahead and sometimes it doesn’t help to be just invested in money but the quality of analyzing the terrorists. There are better ways to deal with terrorism and the first step is for the DHS to fully give their attention to stopping these terrorist attacks. Giving attention to the situation will conclude in how things are getting done by the DHS. Opinions throughout the agencies are distinctive; however, working together is a still a key to making the process work. After 9/11 there were many people who worked for the government and coped with the situation differently but in the end the solution to the

The government's success in preventing another catastrophic attack on the American homeland since September 11, 2001, would have been much more difficult, if not impossible, without the USA Patriot Act. The authorities Congress provided have substantially enhanced our ability to prevent, investigate, and prosecute acts of terror.

The events that happened on September 1, 2001 were that hijackers rammed jetliners into each of New York's World Trade Center towers, toppling both in a hellish storm of ash, glass, smoke, and leaping victims, while a third jet line crashed into the Pentagon in Virginia. It was a very tragic and devastating day not only people in New York but for everyone in the United States. Many of innocent people died on that day so I believe the government should have done something immediately. A lot of people didn't agree with the government’s response so many newspapers criticized the U.S. response to 9/11. I believe many people were believing a counterinsurgency act against the terrorists, or not.

In the book that I have read, Preventing Surprise Attacks Intelligence Reform In The Wake Of 9/11, author Richard A. Posner tells of the behind the scene looks on 9/11 and all other terrorism attacks that went on around 9/11. Richard A. Posner, in the first full length study of the post 9/11 movement for the intelligence reform argues that the 9/11 Commission’s was unorganized and completely insufficient. With being a former graduate of Harvard Law School, he was assistant to Commissioner Philip Elman of the Federal Trade Commission. Judge Posner has written a number of books, including Economic Analysis of Law (9th ed., 2014); The Economics of Justice (1981); Law and Literature (3rd ed. 2009); The Problems of Jurisprudence (1990); Cardozo:

Certainly, there is no arguing that intelligence failures prior to September 11th played a major role in those attacks coming to fruition. The question of how to prevent those failures from continuing to plague us has been at the forefront of national security since that day. There have been many changes incorporated in both the intelligence and emergency management community. The biggest of which, was the creating of the Department of Homeland Security, and the diminishing role that FEMA would play within this new organization. This increased the bureaucratic level of emergency management, and the miserable results of Hurricane Katrina reinforce what an increase in bureaucracy can do. This level of bureaucracy was, and could remain the