The purpose for an IT security policy is to provide “strategy, policy, and standards regarding the security of and operations in cyberspace, and encompasses the full range of threat reduction, vulnerability reduction, deterrence, international engagement, incident response, resiliency, and recovery policies and activities, including computer network operations, information assurance, law enforcement, diplomacy, military, and intelligence missions as they relate to the security and stability of the global information and communications infrastructure” ("Cyberspace policy RevIew", 2016).
Every state in the nation should have a comprehensive IT security policy due to the “growing array of state and non-state actors are compromising, stealing, changing, or destroying information and could cause critical disruptions to U.S. systems” ("Cyberspace policy RevIew", 2016). Because of “ the dual challenge of maintaining an environment that promotes efficiency, innovation, economic prosperity, and free trade while also promoting safety, security, civil liberties, and privacy rights” ("Cyberspace policy RevIew", 2016). It is the responsibility of state and the federal government “ to address strategic vulnerabilities in cyberspace and ensure that the United States and the world realize the full potential of the information technology revolution” ("Cyberspace policy RevIew", 2016).
The importance of these strategies for small poor states to large wealth states is to provide “the
The most recents detections of how cyber warfare is inevitably coming was the accusations of Russia hacking the the Democratic National Committee and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s email’s releasing damaging evidence against them which ultimately lead to Donald Trump being named the President of The United States (Diamond, 2016). The effects of cyber warfare have leaked over in to televise series, forming shows such as CSI cyber, and the gaming world, Call Of Duty Infinite Warfare. Neglect regarding cyber security can: undermine the reputation of both the government and elected officials; force unacceptable expenditures associated with the cost of cleaning up after security breaches; cripple governments' abilities to respond to a wide variety of homeland security emergency situations or recover from natural or man-made threats; and disable elected officials' ability to govern (Lohrmann, 2010). Classified information such as overseas operators and attacks, missile locations, response plans and weaknesses, and much more cripples America’s ability to defend itself from enemies both foreign and domestic. To combat cyber terrorism is the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act, or CISA. In an article titled “Why Cybersecurity Information Sharing Is A Positive Step for Online Security” it is discussed that under CISA, the Department of Homeland security will have more responsibility for domestic cybersecurity. CISA’s fundamental purpose is to better enable cybersecurity information to be shared between the private and public sectors (2016). The sharing of threat information between public and private sectors can give the the United States a head start by allowing them to share information rapidly and more often to combat enemy threats while still providing safety for privacy and civil
For this research paper, proposals from May 2011 Cybersecurity Legislative Proposal and the proposed Cyber Security Act of 2012 is considered which would impose specific requirements on State of Maryland information security policy. They are as follows:
1. A issue defining frame can be classified as a frame for illegal immigrants, illegal aliens, illegals, undocumented workers, undocumented immigrants, guest workers, temporary workers, amnesty, and border security. Each frame defines a problem in its own way, but has a solution to be able to solve the problem.
According to the Article II of the US Constitution, the president is the highest political figure empowered with key executive powers such as the head of state, and commander-in-chief among others. The president sits at the epicenter of the US foreign policy establishments. His ability to pursue national security policy priorities depends on the quality and efficacy of decisions emanating from the existing decision-making models. The models reflect on multiplicity of values, goals, and interests through an interagency process of consensus building of several bureaucratic organizations. Rational decision model critical to identify and prioritize national security policy objectives; develop and evaluate alternatives against the objectives; select tentative decision from the most appropriate alternatives, implement and evaluate the policy to prevent undesirable consequences. The American system of government creates various constraining factors that exert significant pressure, directly and indirectly, towards the decision-making processes of the national security policies. Hence, this paper seeks to evaluate the factors that most severely constrain a president’s ability to pursue his national security priorities; with recommendations on how best, the president can reduce the effects stemming from these factors.
Webster characterizes "policy" as a "high-level overall plan embracing the general goals and acceptable procedures". It is, by and large acknowledged that an organization's information security policies should be the premise of its information security program. Particularly in case of global organizations, the requirement for sensible policies and the issues intrinsic in creating them are exceptionally critical. This paper serves as a dialog of some of the most common data security strategy-related matters that are common to global organizations and offer some approaches to resolving them.
We need to base our decisions and arguments off of the U.S constitution that has been our guideline for over 200 years. According to a New Associated Press GFC poll, Americans are increasingly placing personal privacy ahead of national security. Over 60 percent of people polled said they value privacy over anti-terror protections. We have to elect politicians that will take action against such outrageous legislations and regulations. I believe we have to fight for our individual liberties before we lose the; nothing comes easy so we must start
Chapter 14 on page 298 stated During times of war, the threat of war, or terrorism, the public is most concerned about national security. And when crime rates are high or increasing, worries About public safety make crime a high priority issue. People everywhere expect
created by applying security safeguards deal with the to security helplessness and dangers recognized by the association. A safeguard is just a component or part of the security framework. Safeguards can be seen in two fundamental classifications of physical Safeguards psychological safeguards Although one can separate amongst psychological and physical control, most physical controls additionally give a component of psychological
The following document will provide information pertaining to presidential administrations both past and present and their respective views on cybersecurity policies. Policies of each administration will be reviewed and summarized, noting actions taken to secure a more resilient, dependable, cyberspace. Additionally,
Most babies cry when they receive their first set of vaccines. Mothers know that they must go through this to ensure a healthy future. Like a vaccine the development and execution of a good security policy will help prevent danger and intrusion later. Being one step ahead of the virus is half the battle; it’s the development and implementation that will essentially win the war.
The importance of having an effective IT security policy in place cannot be overlooked. This is especially true for state governments and the agencies that fall under them. The purpose of this document is to protect both the physical equipment and the data stored on that hardware from loss, unauthorized modification, or unauthorized access (Bowden, 2003). These include protecting the systems from other nations, or hacktivists that attempt to exploit the state 's system. In doing so the state can better protect its citizens from identity theft and/or from having their personal information leaked to unauthorized parties. When an IT security policy is drafted it should include policies such as how/when to perform risk assessments/management procedures, disaster recovery plans, and password requirements (Bowden, 2003). This need for an IT security policy does not matter if the state is large, small, rich, or poor. Every state has critical information that is required by law to protect. Take the Department of Motor Vehicles for example, or Motor Vehicles Administration depending on the state, these agencies exist in every state in one form or another and house a tremendous amount of information on every citizen that has state identification. If there is no policy in place to outline how to protect and deal with incidents when protections fails, the likelihood of this sensitive information being exposed is much higher (Greenberg, 2015).
Cybersecurity is an aspect of security that has shaped the way we as a people think and live our everyday lives. For the past 10 years and even before then, this trend of cybersecurity has been a constant topic of both discussion and protection of our data and of our financial assets as well. There have been numerous attacks on companies and federal organizations from big name Fortune 500 companies such as Visa, Target, etc. to big name federal agencies such as National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) just to name a couple. This principle of cybersecurity will continue to be something that will always remain a factor in all that we do. According to Bradley (2016), “Unfortunately, we don’t really have a clear vision from any of the candidates of how they intend to address the cybersecurity landscape or cyber threats against the United States if elected”. In 2016, the presidential election has come into full swing, cybersecurity has been something that has come to the forefront of candidates’ campaigns and speeches, the constant question of how can we continue to protect ourselves from cyber espionage.
Protecting US citizens and important infrastructure which have impact on national security, economic security or public health and safety from cyber-attacks is one of the recent congressional interests and the internet protection is also needed. Initial there was an approach to ensure the operations of critical infrastructure and larger economy regulatory framework is needed. There came an argument that these regulatory schemes may not improve cybersecurity and it increases the costs to business and this leads to additional liability if they fail to meet cybersecurity standards.
The fourth concern is “confusing compliance with cyber security Zaharia (2016)”. In the United States people think that they are good at cyber security when they follow company policies. We as IT professionals should make sure all countries we work with are security minded and look for improvements.
By breaking down the two key words, security and defense, you find how each of these items are married together. Security and defense are to very similar words, one you are securing a given item and the other you are defending. So, wouldn’t you think that homeland defense and homeland security would be the same? You would, but they are not. Homeland defense is the of its self is the infrastructure used to defend us against any sort of external threat. Whereas Homeland Security is the strategy that is used with to combat these sort of things. It goes without saying that the primary mission of homeland security and defense, is to protect the citizens of the United States of America. Within the mission is the tasks, and each individual department has its own specific task. Now, with the specific task comes specific duties, responsibilities, and operations. From personal experience, most operations of within the homeland security/defense real are in some way, shape, or form joint operations. Now each individual knows their specific tasks, duty, and responsibility. Take for example the current situation in New York City and Elizabeth, New Jersey, you have on the ground investigating, the local law enforcement agencies, the ATF, the FBI, and Homeland Security agents. Each agency has their own job and their own input on what needs to be done while on scene. Here is simple breakdown of those task, the local law enforcement agents are first own the scene. They are going to