International security

In the summer of 2013, Edward Snowden became a household name when he showed the world a corrupt, horribly invasive program run by the National Security Agency, also known as the NSA. This debacle is known as one of the largest surveillance programs in all of history. The NSA invaded the privacy of every United States citizen with access to the internet, and even read through emails and discussions of people in other countries. Was Snowden justified in his release of reports he learned during…

Do not bring your insurance policy cards and Public Security Credit cards. Keep your records in a protected papers container at home. Only bring photocopies of cards and keep the original ones in your container. If you should bring credit cards, just bring a maximum of two. This makes it less challenging for…

The Department of Home Affairs Mission 4 Strategic management 4 Weaknesses in the department of Home Affairs 4 eChannel Live Capture System Project 5 Benefit Realization 5 Improved Customer Service 6 Other Potential Savings 6 Electronic Banking 6 Security 6 Conclusion 6 Reference 7 Introduction The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has introduced a new Smart Identity card (Smart ID) to replace the green bar-coded identity book. The green bar-coded ID books and passport solution does…

pre-adjudicated meaning they had been charged with a crime but had not yet had a trial or been convicted by the court system. This environment was a little different than the juvenile facility in that my duty was still to maintain the safety and security of the facility however we were not posted with offenders. We patrolled assigned sections of the jail, again enforcing rules and regulations of the county jail. One of the other duties I learned at the county jail was intake and housing, I…

Shane Harris in his book @War: The Rise of the Internet-Military Complex (2015) explains that the government is partnering with large technology companies in order to carry out espionage and digital attacks that have real world consequences. Harris supports his claims by describing the operations and programs the US engaged in alongside private technology companies based on public knowledge and on interviews conducted with top US officials. The author’s purpose is to inform the audience about…

International and domestic law are not perfect instruments to fight against cyberattacks, chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) agents and weapons, terrorism finance, or terrorism in general, the private sector and civilian population has to be involved. This is because the nature of these unconventional attacks, coupled with the impossibilities of “perfect security” only allows for a balancing of risk that can be achieved through a redundancy approach to managing these threats.…

true that PCI security standards do prohibit the storage of CVNs, but they do not prohibit the collection of the information from users (“Merchants Cannot Store CVV”, 2007). Some processing software such as SparkPay, which is a tool offered by Capital One, retains the data internally until the order payment is processed, and then the CVN is removed from the records (“What are CVV Authentication”, n.d.). The PCI Security Standards Council, which is short for Payment Card Industry Security…

He made headlines across the world in late May - early June 2013 when the Guardian, a UK based newspaper, reported the story. Recent studies have shown that smartphones are more susceptible to hacking and security breaches than we previously thought. Snowden revealed that the National Security Agency (NSA) were…

"Government Internet Monitoring: Side Effects, And Where to Draw the Line National security is tricky to keep track of now. With cellular phones, the internet, and various other forms of national and international communication and commerce, the government has found multiple ways to monitor and protect people from malicious/illegal content. The issue, however, with the many ways the government can monitor internet usage, is where to draw the line. Monitoring isn't perfect, but it needs some…

Paper on The False Sense of Security Each industry is face with detractors and the Security Industry is no exception. When you think of the Security Industry you think of extra measures being taken to protect different forms of assets. You also think of certain levels of competence being used to implement these extra measures. While the Security Industry often tries to reduce/eliminate its unique detractors it very often overlooks some of the key causes of security issues. These issues are…