Art theft

of Selected Government Surveillance Programs Here are answers to some widely-asked questions about the FBI’s and National Security Agency’s surveillance programs revealed last week. Q: What is the National Security Agency doing? A: Two major surveillance programs have been revealed: 1. Since 2006, the National Security Agency (NSA) has been secretly collecting the phone records of millions of Americans from some of the largest telecommunications providers in the United States, via a series of…

As casino players, one of the things that we hate the most are casino sites that secretly scam its players. Although it’s not really that obvious, the majority of players today are smart enough to distinguish scamming gold diggers from legitimate casino sites. However, having a street smart perspective doesn’t change the fact that we easily fall for rumors and naysays. We easily believe negative testimonials. We pledge on rumors that didn’t have any basis. One of these stories that we’re going…

The stakeholders involved in this particular event would be Snapchat primarily. But it blames illegal third party apps (called snapsaved )for the photo hack. The main culprits here would be web and mobile applications that allow Snapchat users to save photos. The hack affected snapchat users mostly based in Europe, male users and female users alike, teens between the age group of 13-19 and their parents. The stakeholders affected here are common people unlike the celebrities every time. Caudill…

This Generation of society has no boundary on privacy, with social media and connecting through technology more, It is much easier for private/personal information to get out and into the wrong hands. According to Boonsri Dickinson, a researcher for ZDNet states that “The popular social media feed Facebook, got three clever criminals in New Hampshire a lot of loot.They checked on Facebook to when people weren't home, and being the holiday season leaving their incoming gifts vulnerable. Just…

In today society, I would absolutely say yes to mandatory background checks. We are living in a violent world now and its best to keep people safe in their workplace and at home. As I read my weekly assignment week 2 homework has really opened my eyes to the bigger picture of background checks for companies. In majority of some cases, the background check plays a major part of violents in the workplace. This will give the employer some history of the employee background. But on the other…

Data breaching is the act of confidential information being releasing intentional or unintentional (Beal, n.d.). The ultimate goal of hackers when performing data breaches is to gain complete access to fully secured database or repository. Majority of data breaches occur within digital data conducted over a network with connection, like the Internet. It very common for company’s such as department stores to be vulnerable to these attacks due to the amounts of data that is stored within their…

Invasion of privacy refers primarily to an intrusion into another person’s private life without just cause. As stated above, there are valid reasons why these hidden cameras are useful. I believe that the negative consequences far outweigh the positive ones. First, keeping privacy in this age of video surveillance is a serious concern. In the old days of the television show, Candid Camera, or the most recent version, Punked, unsuspecting people were placed in awkward or embarrassing…

Not so long ago doing everyday activities, such as banking, shopping, going to school, working, attending an auction, choosing colors of paint, buying furniture, and just about anything one can think of that used to be done by going places to do things can now be done on a computer in the comfort of one’s home. So what keeps more people from embracing e-commerce? Fear. Naturally, many have fear that their personal data is not secure and their identities will be hacked. They are afraid their…

Organizations posses a lot of information, including strategic plans, trade secrets, cost information, legal documents, and process improvements. Of course, preserving the confidentiality the organization’s intellectual property is the basic objective of information security. Protecting the privacy of their customers’ information is also equally important. That means a company and its management team is also responsible in protecting confidentiality and in implementing privacy controls. If they…

Nowadays we hear the word “cybersecurity” a lot but do you ever wonder what does it really mean? According to the department of homeland security, “Cybersecurity is general Internet safety, which includes protection of anything connected to or accessible by the Internet- from networks themselves to the information stored in computers.” The University of Maryland University College defines cybersecurity as a measure that protects our computers, networks, programs and data from unintended or…