Potential ethical challenges. Cyberterrorism – Potential Challenges in the Future

Cyberterrorism – Potential Challenges in the Future
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Cybercrimes are one of the most common felonies committed all over the world today. With the continuing dominance of social media and digitalization of every aspect of an individual’s life, criminals have also shifted their focus and resources into targeting these systems. Accordingly, due to the innovativeness of criminals in bypassing the different security protocols, security professionals might also be faced with potential ethical challenges such as surveillance and account hijacking.
Potential Ethical Issues
On the one hand, one of the potential ethical challenges that security professionals might face is the need to increase surveillance systems. Since criminals (i.e., cyber terrorists) are becoming more elusive in their digital and personal appearances, the need to increase surveillance would become necessary. Although the need for surveillance might not be removed, this ethical challenge may be curtailed by ensuring that a proper risk assessment is made and that the proper authorities are informed before doing so.
On the other hand, another issue that security professionals face today is the po...