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Data brokers or information brokers are someone or a company that collects data on a consumer information around the world and selling it to whoever will pay. Privacy Rights Clearinghouse writes that data brokers are “companies that collect and aggregate consumer information from a wide range of sources to create detailed profiles of individuals. These companies then sell or share your personal information with others.” (2014) Generally, data brokers are companies…

Introduction Cybersecurity should have always been important to anyone using technological devices. Now it is not only important but rather essential to maintain quality performance of technology. The cyber world will never be completely free of cyber attacks, cyber espionage or cyber threats same as how the physical world will never be completely free of crime. However we must seek to limit the amount of cyber security violations as well as the severity of any violations. This can only be done…

Globalization in the modern world, as well as the advancement of information technology, has prompted every business to embrace information systems in all their activities for their ultimate success. Decisions require the collection of information to enable the accumulation of assets in the long run. Information processing, on the other hand, requires the business to embrace information systems of the advanced technology. Where a company applies information system technology in its operations,…

policy: 1.Honeypot only collects high value data. Other security tools tend to provide gigabytes of data which needs user to find the critical data in the ocean. (Spitzner, Lance. Nov 03, 2010). Honeypot solves this problem by giving more accurate information within a clearer format. Beside, honeypot can access to the attack closely, therefore, the false negative rate and false positive rate of collection data are much lower than other monitor tools. (Spitzner, Lance. Nov 03, 2010). The data…

III. The information comprised LH was not generally known or readily ascertainable by proper means of other persons. LH meets the second element of the OUTSA, “Is not being generally known to, and not being readily ascertainable by proper means by, other persons.” Ohio Rev. Code Ann § 1333.61(D) (LexisNexis 20xx). The Mack court explained this element when they found that the computer program was not readily ascertainable because the program was not available for purchase over the internet or…

Security Assessment Today’s focus on health information security is built on a long history of concern with the privacy of information obtained during a caregiver-patient encounter. Naughton, Callanan, Guerandel, and Malone (2012) stated that while privacy and confidentiality are the goals, they are not the main issues when dealing with health information technology in electronic health records (EHRs). The primary issue is information security. Moreover, Hayhurst (2014) stated that privacy is…

model of understanding for information processing is a board game. I took a few of my favorite boards games that I played numerous times growing up and I combined them into one game that depicts how I see information processing. Explanation of model: My model, a board game, is set up like a Shoots and Ladders board. The board as a whole represents the entire information process. There is a spinner for the board game and the spinner represents the stimulus in information processing. The spinner…

In this century, computers and other technology have become common household utilities in our everyday lives. Although computers are advanced, there are still people who are capable of bypassing our networking security and taking full control of other people’s computer systems. They are called “computer hackers.” Computer hackers have various reasons why they do what they do. For instance, just last month, my mom obtained a call from an anonymous party who offered to help remove files from the…

cybercrime; utilizing information for financial gain and the uploading of information onto the internet for public notice. Typically, when cybercrime is mentioned, people often think of cyber criminals gaining access to bank accounts, the abduction of someone’s identity, and the destabilization of society through pornography, guns for hire, cyber stalking, and terrorism. On the other hand, there are hackers that believe they are broadcasting proprietary or classified information to the public…

of Malicious Communication Defining Social Engineering Social engineering is defined by Berti (2003) as “the criminal art of tricking staff into revealing corporate information.” Social engineering can take place on various levels, and for various purposes. Social engineers can target other individuals and extract enough information to steal their identities (Brower, 2010). They can also use social engineering to perform reconnaissance on an organization, gaining critical knowledge to plan a…