Discussion 1
"Information Security and Digital Crime and Terrorism" Please respond to the following:
• From the first e-Activity, identify one to two (1-2) potential ethical challenges that security professionals may face as technology advances, applications become more mobile, and computer criminals become more innovative. Speculate on one (1) solution that security professional could take in order to mitigate the challenge(s) in question. Justify your response.
• From the second e-Activity, among the three (3) definitions of cyber terrorism, give your opinion as to the one (1) definition that is the most accurate with regard to information security and infrastructure protection. Next, describe the impact that digital crimes and digital terrorism are likely to have in the future. Provide a rationale for your response.
Discussion 2
• From the first e-Activity, identify one to two (1-2) potential ethical challenges that security professionals may face as technology advances, applications become more mobile, and computer criminals become more innovative. Speculate on one (1) solution that security professional could take in order to mitigate the challenge(s) in question. Justify your response.
A potential ethical challenge that security professionals may face as technology advances, applications become more mobil;e and computer criminals become more innovative is that most of the crime comes from the inside so they can cover up their tracks and know to avoid random audits. Also the ignorance of not knowing and leaving information carelessly in the wrong hands by leaving screens up without protection, losing a mobile device with links to sensitive documents, password protection and if working from home, not having enough security or backup.
It is hard to speculate a solution that security professionals can take in order to migitate the challenges except to get in a routine. Like if you always lose your car keys one may get in the habit of putting them on a rack, so a routine can be innovated to boost security. As well as randomly performing audits and password changes.
• From the second e-Activity, among the three (3) definitions of cyber terrorism, give your opinion as to the one (1) definition that is the most accurate with regard to information security and infrastructure protection. Next, describe the impact that digital crimes and digital terrorism are likely to have in the future. Provide a rationale for your response.
One definition that i find is accurate is that there is no satisfactory definition because it changes and evolves. When you think of cyber crime it may start with the computer but ends in the homes and business of people. They may start with an income that is funding terrorist acts and then go to recruiting them and having the people to relocate. So it began by the computer but definitely expanded many different ways.
The future will had more options and ways to commit crime, because the very people that produce the computer programs and the solutions for bugs, they are also the ones selling information and leaking out the procedures. Working in the financial industry it involves a lo of trust and if you do not keep the people happy that holds your organization together, then you may be at risk.
Discussion 3
"Organized Crime" Please respond to the following:
• From the e-Activity, analyze the primary manner in which organized crime may impact all areas in our lives. Next, based on the text, specify the main ways in which the government uses Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and Continuing Criminal Enterprise Statute (CCE) to combat global organized financial crimes like drug trafficking. Provide one (1) example of the use of RICO and CCE to support your response.
• Per the text, money laundering has been called the world's third largest business. Discuss the overall impact that money laundering has had on the world's financial systems. Next, give your opinion of whether or not the laws in place to combat such crime are efficient. Justify your response.
Discussion 4
It seems like the main way organized crime impacts the lives of everyone is the effect it has on the economy. Organized crime makes up a considerable portion of the worlds GDP (15%, according to the video), and the economy governs every type of consumer transaction. Criminal organizations tend to deal in either illicit goods (drugs and prostitution) or counterfeit goods. Counterfeit goods not only provide not only a source of income for criminals, but also have an impact on legitimate companies by hindering their ability to market their products.
Illicit goods are nontaxable, and so are some of the methods of distribution of counterfeit goods, which causes a loss of revenue for governments. Criminal organizations also use tax avoidance as a source of income, such as selling untaxed cigarettes. The RICO act targets members of criminal organizations, and can be used to prosecute people who conspire to repeatedly commit criminal acts in consistent manner, regardless of the organizations structure.
The example in the text of the criminals robbing night safe deposit boxes illustrates that, under the RICO act, a criminal enterprise does not have to have a designated leader. The CCE statute is used to prosecute those that enable a criminal enterprise to function. An example of this would be the basenesses that distribute counterfeit goods, such as the online pharmaceutical companies selling counterfeit medications.
The primary impact of money laundering is that it allows for other criminal activity to evade detection. The most concerning area of this is what we discussed last week, funding for terrorist organizations. It stands to reason that, when someone compiles large amounts of money and are unable to account for where it came from, they are likely to be involved in illicit activities.
Although it could be argued that the tactics currently used to prevent money laundering aren't sufficient, as a great deal of money laundering operations are still successful, it would seem that the laws in place are efficient, since they are commonly used to secure convictions. I would suggest that the best way to crack down on money laundering would be for law enforcement to come up with more efficient means of monitoring and detecting this activity, rather than putting new laws in place to punish those guilty of it.