The technology has become a distraction and it has become a huge role in peoples lives. This life full of Internet-based technology is completely changing the way we think about and work on anything and everything. Although technology can be a significant aid to our resources and ability to produce something great, it has huge potential to be a major
• Question 29 Virus writers generally write viruses to steal information and destroy data. • Question 30 Which of the following is true? • Question 31 What major category of information warfare/cyber-terror does “web site defacement” fall into? • Question 32 Hackers were generally considered to be “criminals” as early as the 60s. • Question 33 The motives for many writers of malicious software have changed from profit to curiosity and revenge.
IT550 Assignment Unit 1 Kaplan University As the digital age progresses, more and more business is conducted electronically. Symbiotically illegal activities of those that wish to prosper from security vulnerabilities will increase. Cybercrime can be motivated by a number of factors including terrorism. Cyberterrorism is any terrorist act that uses computers as the vehicle for their attack. Cyber terrorists can be motivated to target organizations that will result in the radical’s group to cause the most harm and/or receive the most attention for their party.
The year two-thousand and one was a time of new beginnings. We all, as Americans, had entered the new millennium with great expectations. The previous year, two-thousand, the United States feared the unthinkable with the age of the infamous personal computer also known as the "Information Age or the Digital Age" taking flight. Everyone around the world was buying into this commodity that could achieve a great amount of work, in so many ways from businesses, educational institutions, to many American families owning their own personal computer. "The great Y2K scare is what it was called.
The purpose of the SOX Act in response to the fraudulent and misleading activities of large corporations such as Enron, Health South, Xerox, Global Crossing, and almost one thousand publicly traded companies. Fraud is defined as “a dishonest act by an employee that results in personal benefit to the employee at a cost to the employer” (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011). The afore mentioned companies and many others committed fraud when they willingly published false and/or deceptive financial statements making their companies look like they were making huge profits, therefore causing their stock prices to soar and enticing the public to by more and more shares of their companies. Unfortunately, when the truth came out, the fraudulent actions of a few resulted in the loss of almost $5 trillion of stock market value and an undetermined amount for stockholders. Because of this fraudulent action, Congress had no choice but to intervene and pass legislation that would curtail this illegal
Common Information Security Threats Paper CMGT/400 University of Phoenix January 27, 2013 In this day and age, technology has grown so fast that most of us are playing catch up to the people who were born in the “computer era”. As technology continues to advance, so do the threats; especially to businesses. Instead of having an upfront attack or robbery, they have chosen to go the electronic way. The one business that I would like to cover would be the banking industry. This institution is constantly being attacked, on a daily basis, with various methods.
The Internet is an immense, global network that connects computers through telephone lines or networks to a mass of electronic information. With only a computer, a modem, and a telephone line, people from all over the world can communicate and share information with little more than a few keystrokes. Everyday, more children are entering Cyberspace. The Internet is a virtual world online and can be great in so many ways. You can easily access information that you’d normally be unable to get, you can see pictures from space shuttles, you can talk about hobbies, games, and much more.
T aren't lucrative targets. Further, statistics seem to confirm the high cost of paying kidnappers: Two University of Texas researchers found that every hostage ransom produces nearly three new kidnappings . R: Terrorist groups are becoming more and more violent if we don’t pay them because they want
For gangs, selling drugs is the fund-raising equivalent of a church bake sale. Gangs use drug money to buy more weapons and more drugs. Gang violence and illegal drug sales perpetuate each other. To stop this vicious cycle the government spends billions of dollars every year on the “War on Drugs” to prosecute and imprison drug dealers and users. Under this system the government spends billions and gangs make billions.
When people recognize the value of these diamonds, they attempt to take full advantage of them and try to make a profit out of illegally mining them. Every year, more and more diamonds are being exported illegally rather than through legal means. Sierra Leon is trying to control this mess, but how do you control over a million illegal minors working daily. It’s a terribly difficult task because diamond mines cover the entire country. The video stresses how complex the situation is, and how they need figure out a way to