HLS 625 Final Assessment

Information Technology Security Institution Date Categories of computer crime Cybercrime refers to criminal act conducted through use of cyber-technology within the realm of cyber (Tavani, 2000). There are three broad category of cybercrime. Cyberpiracy which is the use of cyber technology in unauthorized ways to produce copies of software and propriety information and or distribute propriety information across the network. Another category is cybertresspass which refer to use of technology to gain or surpass unauthorized access to a computer system that can either belong to an organization or personal computer system or even access password protect website. The third category is cybervandalism. When an attacker uses cyber technology to release programs that impedes and interrupt the transfer of electricaldata across one of extra networks. They can also destroy data resident in the computer for damage in password protected website. Cyber espionage is the act of using cyber-technology to invade an organization, military or government network in order to obtain high level of intelligence without being noticed(Nye Jr, ,2010). Cyber espionage like spying on political enemies, governments, military and competitors for personal, economic and military advantage. Cyber espionage takes place through the internet and employs socially engineered software's and malwares that enters the target system and rewrite the system in order to disguise from being noted. For instant the medianta report pointed out to a Chinese APT1 software that was used to commit act of cyber espionage on United States of America. Cyber terrorism refer to situation where terrorists gain control of the network that control major infrastructure like dams, air traffic control, nuclear plans and uses them to cause havoc on the people, injuring millions in the process and destroying national security. Cyber terrorism is theoretically anchored on the belief that hackers can gain access to critical government systems and then cripple military, financial or infrastructural systems. This new form of vulnerability has been enhanced by the growing dependence on information technology that has given terrorists access to infrastructure that would be really hard to access if not for information technology(Nye Jr, ,2010).. Therefore as a country get more advanced and sophisticated in terms of technology, the more it becomes susceptible and vulnerable to cyber-attack. Even though no actual cyber terrorism attack has ever taken place, concerns of its dangers are very well founded. Principles of information system security Privacy breach incident response constitute mechanisms put in place to help detect attack and strategies on the ground to help minimize and contain damage related to the attack. Privacy incident breach can be defined as an event that involves misuse of personal information that may involve customer or employee data. The act could be intentional, or unintentional, criminal, commercial, or innocuous (Stair, & Reynolds, 2013). When such an act occurs then a breach on privacy is deemed to have occurred and the affected company respond by assembling the incident team and validating data breach. U...