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With the internet being part of our everyday lives, threats can exist in all fronts. Almost everyone and every business is connected to the Internet. Whether it be offers sent via email or just paying a bill online. Localities have also taken to the web, with city agencies allowing its citizens to have access to a multitude of services online. From registering your car to renewing a drivers license, to filing your taxes online, the government has placed our personal information into databases that can be accessed by both the agencies we entrust and the individuals that have entrusted them. Automation and computer systems have touched every industry the consumer relies on, including our utilities. Besides convenient access to information,

New types of Internet-related crimes have emerged. threats to individuals, also called personal cyber-crime, is to illegally obtain the identity of electronic individuals, such as their e-mail and password, and also extend to e-impersonation. For example, dragging images and important files from the victim's device to threaten them and subject them to orders. Also, threat to Property This type of crime targets government, private and personal entities. For instance, destruction of important files or proprietary software, through malicious programs transmitted to the user's device in several ways, notably e-mails. Likewise, there are threats that target governments - hacker attacks on official government websites and network systems. To eliminate or destroy the infrastructure of the site or network system, these attacks are often politically targeted.in addition to that, Political threats that focus on targeting the military positions of some countries to steal information related to state security. To emphasize, Spyware by sending programs to the computer to obtain confidential military

The topic is viable for study since in the previous years, the vulnerability of organizations to cyber theft and harassment have spiked. The war on terrorism has inadvertently increased the importance of the topic mainly basing the argument on the ability of the government to protect the citizens from attack. With the

Cyber security is a major concern for every department, business, and citizen of the United States because technology impacts every aspect of our daily lives. The more we use technology the more complacent, we get with the information that is stored within our cyber networks. The more complacent, we get, the more vulnerable we become to cyber-attacks because we fail to update the mechanisms that safeguard our information. Breaches to security networks are detrimental to personal, economic, and national security information. Many countries, like Russia, China, Israel, France, and the United Kingdom, now have the abilities and technology to launch cyber-attacks on the United States. In the last five years there have been several attacks on cyber systems to gain access to information maintained by major businesses and the United States Government. Cyber-attacks cause serious harm to the United States’ economy, community, and the safety, so we need to build stronger cyber security mechanisms. Based on my theoretical analysis, I recommend the following:

In these days, internet is more important than ever, and therefore, having security plans will, at least, make things challengeable for hackers. Dinicu (2014) claims that cyber criminals’ threats to the national security are the most dangerous and most recent ones. Also, she writes, hackers’ main focus is more on democratic countries and multinational organizations than the non-democratic countries (Dincu 2014). Fifty years ago, we would not have to worry about internet security because we would not have so much money and privacy depending on internet. But nowadays, our communication, money, traveling, etc. can be affected by one or more cyber criminals. We work and our money comes to us using direct-deposit; we call our loved ones

Before the political trends in Australia’s cybersecurity strategies can be shed light on, it is important to revisit some of the important aspects of cyber usage in the nation. First of all, it is critical to note that cyberspace offers a wide range of opportunities for all businesses in the concerned country. The platform plays a great role in delivering various products and services in addition to facilitating the augmentation of new commercial ideas and innovative technologies. By the same token, cyberspace backs transformational changes in the non-profit, research, and public segments (Kucera, W., 2015). It is in this regard that the Australian government has to continue involving itself in cybersecurity as this would assist businesses to gain diversity as well as explore new markets, and this would underpin the bright future prospects. On the local scale, the government’s involvement in cybersecurity will aid in the development of trust among businesses

Computer and cybersecurity go hand in hand in today’s evolving business world; if neither of these things are done well, a business has the potential of

The widespread lack of trust that arose during the rise of the technological era was seen as mere paranoia. As the computer age advanced, this distrust decreased as more and more people became reliant upon computers and cell phones whether at work or at home. Along with this increase in reliance on technology came the increase in security and monitoring by the federal government. Mostly by the National Security Agency, this monitoring was very modest and seemed to be preventing harm. That is until our “computer wizards” (Hosenball) wised up to what they were actually doing. In monitoring the average person’s usage, they hacked into a general database of everyone’s information. The question was “If they could get into the database, what stopped anyone who had the technological capabilities.” Hosenball said regarding those computer wizards, “They know more than anyone just how vulnerable America is to a massive cyber attack.” The system itself is not the problem. The real problem is that the government is tripping over itself in trying to protect that system. President Obama has decided to leave the NSA in charge of cyber security when they don’t want that responsibility. Quoted in “The Turf War”, “NSA Chief Keith Alexander said his agency does “not want to run cyber security for the U.S. Government.”” The formation of a new agency could be the answer but that has been turned down several

The Internet is the connection of computer networks that link billions of devices worldwide. Every day the Internet is getting bigger and bigger bringing the world even closer. Unfortunately, with the growth of the Internet, this has created more problems for the Cyber World. While the justice system is attempting to handle this issue, it is becoming too consistent and numerous individuals have gotten to be casualties of hacking, embezzlement, wholesale fraud and malevolent programming.

Issues of cyber security have come to the forefront of global knowledge and focus. Like many technological issues, it has been a problem for a long time and light has recently just spread in this issue. The emergence of people becoming technologically understanding has led to an ever-expanding rate of technology development. With this, businesses have a need to rely on the internet to broaden their reach of the market while still taking measures to ensure that their information and data stay protected from unauthorized access or attacks. There seems to be no clear preventive solution to the problem as technology is always on the rise while the law and implementation of the law tend to fall behind. Many argue that economically safe options will protect businesses better in the long run, while others argue that making more progressive laws will improve the solution. Though cyber security is primarily the focus of technological businesses, businesses across all fields have differing amounts of interest in the subject as well. As is to be expected, the topic affects each field differently, whether it be focusing on the different information held, or simply a different audience targeting it. The economic strategy brings structure while the law is catching up by relying on old modified statutes.

The damage of a full-fledged cyber attack would be devastating, the destruction would be unparalleled to any other tragedy that has occurred America. Since technology is responsible for providing America with vital entities and resources, an unadulterated cyber attack would nearly fail the American economy; this is what is known as critical systems failure. Weapons of mass destruction and cyber attacks present imminent threats of critical systems failure. Although currently Americas’ critical infrastructures are coordinated by controlled systems, majority of these systems are indeed connected to the American cyberspace. This exposes one of America’s most vulnerable spot amidst cyber security. Another major vulnerable spot within the nations IT security would be the geographical physical location for each of Americas primary infrastructures, as well as their productivity. Due to the proximal locations, the major infrastructures could very well be infiltrated by one efficient CNA.

Today, our nation is under constant attack by hackers, terrorist groups and other enemies. Unfortunately regardless of how innovative our government or private sectors have become with securing the network systems, the frequency and intensity of the attacks have only increased. Over the last decade, security breaches and cyber-attacks have highlighted how dependent our nation is on its critical infrastructure. It was concluded that a total of 54% of cyber-attacks targeted the US in 2013 (Watkins, n.d). Through experiences such as September 11, 2001, it has become apparent how interconnected our infrastructure is and the exposure to targeted attacks we face as a nation (Katen, 2004). With the private industry owning over 85% of our nation’s critical infrastructure, it is important for the government to create and maintain regulations which should be followed by all agencies and private sectors in order to protect our national security. There are several concerns about government regulation by the private sector and how it will affect their consumers privacy and the company’s finances. However, the Cybersecurity Act of 2015 ensures user’s privacy while sharing information between companies and agencies. Furthermore, there are several effects on national security resulting from failure to comply with government regulation, meeting only the minimum requirements and exceeding the minimum requirement. With that being said, it has become part of the private

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).

When a society acquire a technology, the society measures then weighs the benefits it could gain from the technology with the cost from possible misuse of the technology. As such, as useful as internet is, it could bring much harm when used for exploitation. In that regard, the problems of internet exploitation or cybercrime are causing significant damage especially in the international world. Within a nation, the government as an executive branch enforces the laws created by the judicial branch. However in the global society where there is no government or a recognized body of power that can enforce such international laws, the nations must rely on each other’s honesty and selflessness for the laws to be upheld. Nevertheless

Each country focuses not just to secure its nation geographically by securing its borders but huge emphasis is laid to secure the countries from computer networking. The impact of online business and communication is an indispensable part of today’s merging era. Unlike traditional wars of using military, weapons and air campaigns; cyber war is more fearful to civilians as it threatens their peace without even been seen. It is quite challenging to identify the ghost in wires, it can be a person, a group of people or it can be a nation behind this intrusion.