Annually billions of dollars are stolen in the United States from private individuals, organizations, and governmental entities with the help of cyber-attacks. As a result, the issue of cyber security has a crucial significance for the national security of the U.S. and needs to be addressed appropriately by the competent governmental organizations such as Department of Homeland Security.
Such highly developed country as the United States of America went through complicated process of building strong cyber security system so as to protect interests of nations and the country itself. The word “cyber” is directly connected with the use of a computer. According to Myriam Dunn Cavelty, cyberspace is defined as “a fusion of all communication networks, databases, and sources of information into a vast blanket of electronic interchange” (Cavelty, 2007). However, not many people know that “cyberspace encompasses far more than just the Internet” (Reveron 2012). In fact, cyber space has both virtual and physical components. The notion of cyber security started in 1970 in the USA. It gained significant development in the late 1980s. What is more, it spread to other countries at the end of 1990s. The way cyber security developed was shaped by the great Cold War strategic context.
In 1980s such notion as cyber security was already developing. People faced …show more content…
This document is a result of the comprehensive review of the US policies, directed at protection of the cyber space security (The White House, 2009). Among the major conclusions of the review there are the involvement of the private sector, attraction of the international attention to this issue, and enhancement of the national interest and the Department of Homeland Security’s role in the problem of the cybersecurity as one of
Such highly developed country as the United States of America went through complicated process of building strong cyber security system so as to protect interests of nations and the country itself. The word “cyber” is directly connected with the use of a computer. According to Myriam Dunn Cavelty, cyberspace is defined as “a fusion of all communication networks, databases, and sources of information into a vast blanket of electronic interchange” (Cavelty, 2007). However, not many people know that “cyberspace encompasses far more than just the Internet” (Reveron 2012). In fact, cyber space has both virtual and physical components. The notion of cyber security started in 1970 in the USA. It gained significant development in the late 1980s. What is more, it spread to other countries at the end of 1990s. The way cyber security developed was shaped by the great Cold War strategic context.
In 1980s such notion as cyber security was already developing. People faced …show more content…
This document is a result of the comprehensive review of the US policies, directed at protection of the cyber space security (The White House, 2009). Among the major conclusions of the review there are the involvement of the private sector, attraction of the international attention to this issue, and enhancement of the national interest and the Department of Homeland Security’s role in the problem of the cybersecurity as one of