Espionage has been a part of America since its earliest days. Today it is not surprising to hear of newer forms of spying like a cyber-attack on a federal agency or intrusions into nuclear power plants that could potentially cause grave damage. One current example of an espionage event officially named by the FBI as Operation Ghost Stories occurred around the 2010-time frame. The FBI ran an investigation of at least ten Russian spies that had embedded themselves in communities, universities, and jobs without anyone suspecting (FBI). These deep-cover spies used stolen identities to obtain a front of being “normal” Americans that to all but knew their true identities. They assimilated into the fabric of our country, and their intent was to gather intelligence and to strike at a strategic time that could occur years down the road. It is not wonder that organizations are concerned when they have so much riding on keeping their networks secure. One method that companies have used to keep their secrets more secure is by using an intranet.
Security expert Prose explains that an intranet is a way to share data and keep it secure in one area―a private network―while using the Internet and running other aspects of an organization in another area (159). He further continues that information that is considered top secret, secret, or confidential should be separated
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The RMF developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) gives a 6-step process to plan, build, and design the complicated system. The six steps are: (1) Categorize, (2) Select, (3) Implement, (4) Assess, (5) authorize, and (6) Monitor. And of course, there are software programs on the market that can be used in designing your intranet with Microsoft’s Share Point being a top
3)The intranet is when the internet is restricted to the internal environment of a company.The only difference between the intranet and extranet is that the extranet can also include shareholders,customers and suppliers but is still very secure.The extranet allows for outside users to access the internet.
Today, electronic surveillance remains one of the most effective tools the United States has to protect against foreign powers and groups seeking to inflict harm on the nation, but it does not go without a few possessing a few negative aspects either. Electronic surveillance of foreign intelligence has likely saved the lives of many innocent people through prevention of potential acts of aggression towards the United States. There are many pros to the actions authorized under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) pertaining to electronic surveillance, but there are also cons. Looking at both the pros and cons of electronic surveillance is important in understanding the overall effectiveness of FISA. [1]
The PATRIOT Act abuses the privacy of American citizens. It has denied the nationals of this nation of a portion of the essential rights that were guaranteed to them in the Constitution. The rights that the PATRIOT Act puts into jeopardy are intrinsic and it is the responsibility to secure our inherent rights. The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of Congress that was marked into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. Its title is a ten-letter acronym (USA PATRIOT) that stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. After the attacks on the Twin Towers and the Pentagon the United States has created relief controls
The NSA, or National Security Agency, is an American government intelligence agency responsible for collecting data on other countries and sometimes on American citizens in order to protect the country from outside risks. They can collect anything from the people’s phone data to their browser history and use it against them in the court of law. Since the catastrophes of September 11 attacks, the NSA’s surveillance capabilities have grown with the benefit of George W. Bush and the Executive Branch (Haugen 153). This decision has left a country divided for fifteen years, with people who agree that the NSA should be strengthened and others who think their powers should be limited or terminated. Although strengthening NSA surveillance may help the
After the 9/11 attacks, the U.S passed a variation of the elastic clause called the Patriot Act, which allows the U.S to do whatever is necessary for the protection of the U.S from terrorists. Some of these actions include seizing the homes of Muslims citizens and spying on suspicious U.S citizens who may be connected to terrorist groups. Even though controversy has arisen about whether or not this is constitutional, the United States used the elastic clause to defend the patriot act. By doing this the federal government claims that they are allowed to go beyond the law in times of crisis in order to do things that are necessary for national security. Although the federal government argues that they have the right to violate multiple amendments through the Elastic Clause and Patriot Act, using the privilege to obstruct and abuse the assumed powers of the constitution has an extremely negative effect on the structure of democracy in the nation, proving that using these clauses to seize the homes of “suspicious” Muslim citizens only affects the nation negatively in the long term.
Since the September 11 attacks terrorism attacks the world has been in a constant war with terrorism. Right after these attacks, the Congress rushed to pass rules to strengthen security in the United States while also limiting our freedoms as a US citizen. On October 23, 2001, the Patriot Act was proposed. This act allows law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant anywhere a terrorist-related activity occurred, it Prohibits the harboring of terrorists, and it punishes terrorist acts in the United States and around the world. On October 25, 2001, the Act was passed by the Senate by 98 to 1. The one vote that was in opposition to the act was Senator Russell Feingold. He and other opponents of the law have criticized its detentions of immigrants, and how the law allows enforcement officers to search a home or business without the owner's consent or knowledge. Although he was outnumbered 98 to 1 he still made an extensive impact on the outcome of the Patriot
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an Act of Congress passed in 1978 and signed by the then President Jimmy Carter. The Act stipulates the procedures to be followed when obtaining intelligence from foreign powers and agents of foreign powers both physically and electronically. The Act has been amended severally. In 2001, it was amended to involve groups and terrorist organizations not supported by foreign governments in an Act called the USA PATRIOT Act. A further amendment was done in 2007 to overhaul most of the provisions, in the Act called Protect America Act. A final amendment was done in 2008 called the FISA Amendments Act of 2008
ACLU. (2017). The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act - News and Resources. Retrieved from ACLU: https://www.aclu.org/other/foreign-intelligence-surveillance-act-news-and-resources. This Act was enacted in 1978 but did not have many controversial aspects in it and was later blamed for not providing enough powers to aid the process of collecting intelligence. Some security experts blamed the restriction in the Act for the poor intelligence leading to the September 11, 2001, attacks.
The US government justifies the invasion to the privacy of their citizens saying it is a matter of security to the country. All of these privacy invasion started days after the 9/11 attack. The government and the NSA say this is a matter of safety for the US, by tracking their people, knowing what they are doing and whom they’re talking to. NSA had been on court ever since the US citizens saw something wrong and all they do is deny what their doing and the only answer that wasn’t a NO was “If our people (NSA employees) do this it isn’t on purpose”. How come can you tell that tracking someone isn’t on purpose?
Reading AOW # 10, explains a lot of reasons to keep your phone safe from hackers and the government. you can't trust anyone anymore. some want to do harm to others and others wants to help and do good to others, when they get too much power and can control it, then become evil. like the NSA ( National Security Agency). The NSA was a program that intercepts, decodes, and analyzes foreign communication- such as emails, telephone calls, radio, Morse code, and other “ signals intelligence”. The NSA is so big, that is stores billions of internet communication end cell phone record from the U.S. and around the world every day. NSA was created by President Truman in 1952 to code break the Soviet Union communication. no one knew about the NSA during the 10 years opening in the
The National Security Agency’s collection and tracking of personal data goes against the Constitution, specifically the first amendment. The NSA is a government-run agency created to protect the American people from threat, in addition to this, the NSA is also accountable for the monitoring, collecting and the handling of foreign and counterintelligence information. In June 2013, Edward Snowden leaked classified documents belonging to the United States Government. These documents are now known as the NSA files. Since their release, these documents have provoked outrage from American and foreign citizens.
Why is spying frowned upon when the U.S. does it? The United States is well-known as a sneaky nation due to the operations they manage such as the secretive way of gathering intelligence, spying. There are not many limits on the countries spying, because it is a way to prepare ahead. The United States of America spying may be considered as repugnant for the matter of losing the trust of a country with resources valuable to the U.S., however, spying is always an option to clarify suspicious activities and anticipate an attack and mold it to our advantage to protect the United States at any cost for the sake of the innocent civilians.
“The consciousness of being at war, and therefore in danger, makes the handing-over of all power to a small caste seem the natural, unavoidable condition of survival” (Orwell). The world today is full of many dangers domestic and abroad. It has become a routine in the news to report on the daily mass shooting or update with the war on terror. We live in a world where being worried is justified; however, we should not give up our constitutional rights in the face of fear. The NSA’s dragnet surveillance programs, such as PRISM, are both ineffective and are surpassed by less questionable national security programs. The FISA court's’ approval of NSA actions are not only illegal, but exist as an embarrassing formality. Surveillance is a necessary
For the Past ten to twenty years the main topic in politics and national news has been National Security, the National Security Agency and terrorism. For many adults and military personnel there is a constant everyday concern about border security and the nation's security from terrorism. There are everyday threats from terrorist; anywhere from shootings to nuclear attacks that could put the American people in immediate danger. With the United States being one of the leading countries in the world, it puts the American people up to higher threats from the nation's enemies For the sake of national security many would argue that it is necessary to give up some personal freedoms and information to be
The Military in the United States of America is a branch of groups that help defend the people that are living there. There are a lot of people that believe that the United States Military is a cruel lifestyle that nobody in the right mind should have to suffer through. There are also people that believe that the United States Military is something that all people should have to go through to live in this country. People should also consider that the military in the United States is not all just people that are getting shot at, and are shooting at people from other countries. The United States Military services should be something that is optional, and should not be mandatory.