Phd and Zuckerman). Given these points, this means that the NSA, FBI, and government aren’t doing a good job with security and should have looked into the terrorists plans before they could be carried out. So the government needs to improve on ways to keep people safe and at the same time to respect their privacy. Many people believe that the government need to step up the security to keep their information safe by the government could easily leak the information or give it to another country.…
Private Sector About Cybersecurity Data breaches within the United States have hit an all-time high. The Identity Theft Resource Center estimates that the year-over-year increase for cyberattacks is 27.5%. Nowadays, it’s not a question of whether an attack will happen, but when. As a result, businesses should take a military-approach to cybersecurity. What Is a Military-Approach to Cybersecurity? Have you ever heard of the United States military’s data being breached? No, and for good reason.…
I know that Manning's defense to this case is that, she wanted to "make a difference." However, what one needs to consider is that by publically leaking classified information is that the enemy too will also be able to access said information. While she was charged with 22 offences she was found guilty of all but two, making that 20 charges. Because proven guilty, she was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Since the incident she has seen a drastic reduction of her original sentence, allowing…
The National Security Council The National Security Act of 1947 created the National Security Council. The next few paragraphs will further examine the functions and responsibilities of the National Security Council, the current domestic political environment pertaining to the border wall in Mexico, as well as the current threat of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and what role the National Security Council represents. National Security Council Background The National Security Act of…
Republic of Colombia was established; when three countries emerged from the collapse of Gran Colombia. Forty six million people make up the population of Colombia, made up of mostly Mestizo ethnicity. In most cultures, the national religion is Roman Catholic with the national language being Spanish. Considered as a republic that follows a democratic structure; though, the governments known to be corrupt from the influence of the drug cartels that essentially control the elections. In this essay,…
Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis As the title states, the book is a memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis through the lense of the White House. In span of 13 days, the world faced one of the most critical event in history. The stakes were nuclear war, which could have obliterated much of the life on earth from nuclear fallout. In a nutshell, after World War II, the two superpowers in the world were, the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republic. Without…
As technology evolves, so will the methods that criminals and terrorists utilize to achieve a personal gain. In the United States and throughout the most countries, technology plays a significant role in the way our economy operates, how cities obtain power, and how information is shared. If technology was used to disrupt this state of living, this could lead to a detrimental chain of events that could cripple the very existence of how we live. The technology we rely upon has numerous…
One of the main security threats in American’s correctional facilities today is gang violence. Correctional facilities are faced with emerging problems related to gang violence such as drugs, murder, extortion, gambling, abuse of religious freedom by spreading hate in the name of religion, “racial enmity” and “racial extremism which is the number one factor of the ongoing problem of racial conflict in the facilities. Some of the security threat groups/gangs contributing to these problems are:…
is that truly the case? There is a truism that there is no great in war, so how might that be conceivable when the U.S and Russia never truly battled? The Korean War has frequently been called America 's "overlooked war" on the grounds that the United States made no critical regional or political additions amid the war. In spite of the way that a huge number of Americans passed on, the war both started and finished with the Korean Peninsula partitioned at the 38th parallel. In any case, the…
I. On August 2nd, 1990 Iraqi president Saddam Hussein gave his military forces the order to invaded and occupied the small Arab state of Kuwait. His aim was to eliminate or take control of Kuwait’s immense oil reserves. Despite its small size, Kuwait is the largest oil producer in the Middle East. Iraq accused Kuwait of breaking agreements that limit oil production within the region, which led to oil prices being brought down and Iraq losing billions of dollars. By invading Kuwait and burning…