History of Digital Crimes and Digital Terrorism and Their Common Current Forms Stephanie Fisk Strayer Universality CIS 170 Professor CIANCIOTTA Dec. 12th, 2013 Introduction Computer crime refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network. The computer may have been used in the commission of a crime, or it may be the target. Net crime refers to criminal exploitation of the internet. Dr. Debarati Halder and Dr. K. Jaishankar (2011) defines cybercrimes as: "Offences that are committed
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Task 1: Procedure 1. Firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs. Examples of these types of firewalls and compare their features are noted below. NETGEAR ProSAFE N300 WiFi 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N Key Technologies: • Securely connects up to 5 remote office or traveling users • True firewall using stateful packet inspection (SPI) and intrusion detection • Initiates up to 12 VPN tunnels simultaneously • NAT routing and VPN pass-through for extra security • IPV4/IPV6
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Essential Introduction to Computers 1. Define the term computer and discuss the four basic computer operations: input, processing, output, and storage 2. Define data and information 3. Explain the principle components of the computer and their use 4. Describe the use and handling of floppy disks and hard disks 5. Discuss computer software and explain the difference between system software and application software 6. Identify several types of personal computer application software
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Data protection act The Data Protection Act is a law designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system. Businesses, organisations and the government use computers to store information about their customer’s clients and staff in databases. For example: • Names • Addresses • Contact information • Medical history etc. Principles 1. Data is to be used fairly and lawfully 2. Should be used for limited specifically stated purposes 3. Used sufficiently, relevant
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Task 1: Firewall is software or hardware based network security system to protect between your computer network and the internet. Hardware firewalls are best suited to business and large networks, whereas Software firewalls are best suited for home use. Hardware firewalls is a small metal box so one could hook up to a computer network just like if you were to add a printer etc. Software firewalls gives you a level of protections from hackers and unwanted intrusions. Software firewalls packages has
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“Computers are magnificent tools for the realization of our dreams, but no machine can replace the human spark of spirit, compassion, love, and understanding.” Louis V. Gerstner, Jr. Materialist Thomas Hobbes once stated that “human beings are in effect just complicated machines”, I disagree with that because unlike machines, humans are having a lot of factors to them that make them unpredictable whereas even the most complicated ones have predictable behaviors,. While humans behave as per their
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Quiz 2 Study Guide 1. In order from beginning to end, the major steps in the SDLC, are: A) systems analysis/planning; systems design; building the system; testing; and implementation. B) systems design; testing; building the system; and implementation. C) systems analysis/planning; systems design; building the system; implementation; and testing. D) systems analysis/planning; implementation; building the system; and testing. 2. Which of the following basic system functionalities is used
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Prevention and Intrusion Detection Systems 10. Network Security 11. Knowing Operating Systems 12. Backups and Archiving 13. Summary 14. Exam Essentials 15. Review Questions 5. Chapter 3: Cryptography 2 1. Cryptography: Early Applications and Examples 2. Cryptography in Action 3. Understanding Hashing 4. Issues with Cryptography 5. Applications of Cryptography 6. Summary 7. Exam Essentials 8. Review Questions 6. Chapter 4: Footprinting and Reconnaissance 1. Understanding the Steps of Ethical Hacking
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is an information system on the Internet which allows documents to be connected to other documents by hypertext links, enabling the user to search for information by moving from one document to another. There are many examples of why the world wide web is a positive for us, for example Availability of mainly free information, Low cost of initial connection, Reduces the costs of divulgation, The same protocol of communication can be used for all the services, Facilitates rapid interactive communication
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Cybercrime Name Institutional Affiliation Date Cyber Crime a 21st Century Problem Abstract Subsequent research has focused in establishing Cybercrime as an activity only for computer programmers. However, Cybercrime has recently expanded to appear as a full capital offense since it integrates multiple forms of criminal activities. Per se, Cybercrime has proved to be a social, economic, and political form of disturbance, or in other words, a mother of 21st century crimes. The commencing research
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