as the attackers become more advanced the attacks will also become more advanced. It becomes apparent that cooperation between governments and their constituents in necessary to safeguard the systems (Goodman, Hassebroek, and Klein, N.D.). In a paper written for The CPA Journal, Beard and Wen discuss Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. This Section mandates management to establish and maintain adequate controls regarding financial reporting and assessing the effectiveness of those controls.
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that technology is now used to commit crimes against other people. Those crimes include identity theft, stealing money, illegal gambling, and cyberstalking. This paper will review cybercrime and the differences there are from traditional crime and it will review the purpose of hackers. There will also be three cases reviewed to help bring light to what kind of cybercrimes are being committed around the world. Differences between Cybercrime and Traditional Crime For an individual to fully understand
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Research Paper – Cyber Security From the growing use of smart phones to access the Internet to rogue employees in the workplace, the threat of cyber terrorism is increasingly on the minds of C-suite executives. At a recent conference sponsored by the Raritan Valley Community College Foundation, security experts addressed the threats, the exposures and the legal issues and best practices to bolster cyber defenses. Virginia Bauer, CEO of East Rutherford-based security company GTBM, explained that
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Hacktivism, Freedom of Speech or Cyber Terrorism? Josh T. Diehl ITT-Tech Institute Abstract I will be doing my research paper on Hacktivism and looking into the subsector that is known as “Anonymous”. Hacktivism in itself is the use of computers and computer networks to promote political ends. To see this for what it truly can be, you must look at it with the understanding that it can be carried out under the same premise that proper (and skillful) use of technology can produce results similar
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Ethical issues of Cyber Bullying Introduction The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services administration (HRSA) defines bullying as aggressive behavior that is intentional and involves an imbalance of power or strength, and HRSA notes that this behavior is usually repeated over time. Cyber bullying, is the social-networking phenomenon that is gaining traction among America’s tech-savvy teens, is drawing more attention than ever from school districts and
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in a database, with or without their knowledge they are at risk. When this information enters the database, it becomes the business's responsibility to protect this information. With the amount of sensitive data being stored in databases, current cyber security measures and laws are not up to par. Infamous Data Breaches In 2015, there were 781 data breaches according to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC). One of these infamous breaches being with Anthem, otherwise known as BlueCross BlueShield
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of pen and paper and begins to move towards a virtual age where data is stored in digital data center, the security of the valuable information is at a much greater risk. This new collection of massive amounts of data, whether it be government secrets, credit card information, social security numbers, or social media accounts could possible be another target for hackers. With all these types of information online, Hackers or Cyberterrorists can affect certain things by initiating a cyber attack. But
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(2012) observed that there has been a tremendous rise in the threats of malicious attacks globally—a appreciable increase of 71% between 2008 and 2009 was noted. A specie and very popular scam is Phishing and Identity Theft (IDT). This type of online crime is a fraudulent scheme whereby attackers invade the victims’ privacy and obtain their personally identifying information (PII) such as credit card numbers, CVV numbers, credit card reports, social security numbers, drivers license numbers (usually
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with its benefits over the traditional crime in the past decades. Cyber criminals are getting smarter and equipped with more resources with every passing days and are becoming bigger threats. Therefore, it is important to scrutinize those cybercrime-related issues as well as to delve into planning a well-thought out countermeasure for both private and government sectors in various aspects for betterment of safer society of the information era. In this paper, Part I addresses how government intervention
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Starting a Business Online, Part 1 In today’s world of online companies trying to find a unique way to out produce, out resource and outperform competition. It’s going to require the right product and of course the correct approach and research in order to be successful. Identifying the advantages and disadvantages of taking your small business online by performing a SWOT analysis. While conducting a SWOT analysis of my clothing store along the Jersey Shore boardwalk, I determined what my
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