Information Systems Security By: Jessica Burnheimer, Kathleen Cline, Brian Weiss Outline for Group paper I. Introduction II. Issues concerning Information Systems Security A. Define IS security B. Why IS security is necessary? C. History and Back round of IS security D. Current issues concerning IS security 1.) Spamming 2.) Hacking 3.) Jamming 4.) Malicious software 5.) Sniffing 6.) Spoofing
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FRAUD BASICS WHAT IS FRAUD? Fraud, sometimes referred to as the fraudulent act, is an intentional deception, whether by omission or commission, that causes its victim to suffer an economic loss and/or the perpetrator to realize a gain. A simple working definition of fraud is theft by deception. Legal Elements of Fraud Under common law, fraud includes four essential elements: 1. A material false statement 2. Knowledge that the statement was false when it was spoken 3. Reliance on the false
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TFT2 Cyber Law Task 4 Jordan Dombrowski Western Governors University Situation Report It has come to my attention from the security analysts of VL Bank and victims that commercial customers of VL Bank have been involved in identity theft and fraud. Multiple user accounts were created without authorization claiming the identity of our customers. These fake accounts were used to make twenty-nine transfers of $10,000 each, equaling $290,000. The bank transfers were being sent to several U.S
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Civil disobedience has long been an integral part of the democratic process in the United States. Those dissenters in Boston who disrupted trade in 1773 as a protest against unfair laws and business practices could not have imagined the modernday equivalent: computer "hacktivists" (hacker + activist) leveraging exploits against digital networks to accomplish more or less the same thing. This case study explores the ways in which the general public, news media, lawmakers, and law enforcement have reacted to the more contentious hacktivist
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Research one federal computer-related act that was created to deal with online and computer crime. •Define the problem that faced the legislators and why they created the specific act. •Summary the act and how the act addresses the specific problem(s). •Analyze the act and give feedback if you believe the act is and will be effective for protecting consumers and citizens. Is it useful to law enforcement? I did some research and found the Counterfeit Access
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Jennifer Sanchez MOD 160 Night Class M.B&C Chapter 2: Compliance, Privacy, Fraud, and Abuse in Insurance Billing 1. Define compliance. 2. Name the two provisions of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) that relate most to health care. 3. Explain the difference between Titles I insurance Reform and Title II Administrative Simplification. 4. Describe the Privacy Rule under HIPAA. 5. Define protected health information (PHI). 6. Identify
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WHAT IS CYBER CRIME? Crime is a common word that we always heard in this globalization era. Crimes refer to any violation of law or the commission of an act forbidden by law. Crime and criminality have been associated with man since long time ago. There are different strategies practices by different countries to contend with crime. It is depending on their extent and nature. It can be concluded that a nation with high index of crime cases cannot grow or develop well. This is because crime is the
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cyber criminals are violating multiple computer ethics issues. I’ll be discussing cracking and privacy. Computer ethics is defined as a set of moral principles that regulate the use of computers (tech terms.com http://www.techterms.com/definition/computerethics). Cracking or hacking is trespassing on someone’s personal computer without permission or breaking into a computer for criminal gain. The crackers in this article broke into unsuspecting victims computers and installed ransomeware. Ransomwere
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“Trojan horses” as examples of malicious software? A virus is malicious code which will lower or stop system performances. A worm on the other hand is a special type of virus that spread through the memory to avoid detection and will consume the computers resources. a Trojan horse is any type of malicious software that uses a trigger to activate, such as opening a certain program or reaching a certain date. 3. Explain the different with regard to power “irregularities” and the impact
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