In the modern world, numerous threats and risks effect the daily operations of organizations and lives of users, but most are unaware or blinded by the severity or possibility of the risk or threat. These circumstances require security and information technology managers to develop a culture, for appropriate information security awareness and perception. Consequentially, the members or personnel of an organization come from various backgrounds, and beliefs of probably or acceptable risks and necessary security measures differ, per life experiences, economical standings, education, and other variating factors. Furthermore, the personnel perceptions are not necessarily untrue, but do not meet the reality of information security and appropriate …show more content…
(Schneier, 2008)However, Schneier discloses the psychological factors that are detrimental or accommodating to identifying risk factors, and employing appropriate risk mitigation tactics. Consequentially, the psychological state of homo sapiens influenced through sensory input, education, religious and political affiliation, social status, and community or geographical location. Thus, these instances dictate perceived imminent risk that are highly unlikely to occur, while depreciating actual imminent risks, by being blinded by ones’ perception. This blindness influences the affordability of security tradeoffs, but the security mechanism is not appropriate, as user or consumer perception does not meet reality. (Schneier, …show more content…
Through the course of Seiden’s career, he formulated a hypothesis addressing organization’s and user’s perception versus the reality of security, and the requirement for legislative IT governance to address ownership of information. Furthermore, he identifies in his speech companies’ habitual practices to take on security risks and vulnerabilities for convenience, which leave huge gaping in security posture, examples are video teleconference (VTC), wireless routers and devices, and virtual private networks (VPN). (Seiden) Evidentially, findings from security assessments attest to the lack importance of security measures in the hierarchy of an organization, with the stealing of the master keys to an organization, and the responsible party or parties failing to notify the appropriate stakeholders. Additionally, the failure to properly encrypt tape and other data backups to prevent data breaches, in the event the media is stolen or lost in transport. (Seiden) Consequentially, security perception is limited to configuration and administration of the enterprise infrastructure, but do not protect against social engineering, surfing, and other socially associated
The security controls, policies, procedures, and guidelines were tested using the security testing plan that was evaluated by a security team to correct and report flaws in the system design. The only major flaw doesn’t relate to the network or the physical system itself, but instead policies and procedures seem to be at the highest risk. Policies and procedures explain that the chain of custody during media transportation and disposal should be logged and tracked impeccably. I believe putting stronger controls in place for the transportation of media would lower the risk of exposed confidentiality tremendously. I believe each device used to transport should be trackable at any given time, rather than just by logs.
Bill Nelson once said, “If we don’t act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft.” With the increasing amount of data that our mobile phones and tablets contain, encryption and security is becoming more vital everyday. Damon Beres, author of “What You Need To Know About Apple vs. The FBI” argues both sides as the war on privacy rights and national security continues. Although Beres uses a large amount of pathos throughout his article, he doesn’t use ethos and logos as much. When Beres does use logos and ethos though, he clearly states examples.
The average man, though he longs for freedom, feels the need to be safe. People naturally wish to have the freedom to act on things, believe in things or say things, but, they want themselves and their families to be safe while doing so. Alongside the need for safety, man has a need for privacy. People tend to react negatively to others digging into their personal lives, creating a want for their own privacy in life. This subconscious need for safety and privacy has always trumped man’s desire for absolute freedom.
Pleading the Fifth Technology seems to come hand in hand with modernity. It has made most tasks that used to take days to complete much easier. Technology has also improved the channels of communication. The invention of the modern day smart cellphone coupled with social media networking has allowed mankind to be in constant contact with one another from across the globe.
Nowadays, “privacy” is becoming a popular conversation topic. Many people believe that if they do not do anything wrong in the face of technology and security, then they have nothing to hide. Professor Daniel J. Solove of George Washington University Law School, an internationally known expert in privacy law, wrote the article Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’, published in The Chronicle of Higher Education in May of 2011. Solove explains what privacy is and the value of privacy, and he insists that the ‘nothing to hide’ argument is wrong in this article. In the article, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’”, Daniel J. Solove uses ethos, pathos, and logos effectively by using strong sources, using
In order to function as an independent human being, individuals need to hold on to their internal selves. External environment influences individuals’ thoughts and behaviors. For example, Gladwell argues “ [i]f a window is broken and left unrepaired, people walking by will conclude that no one cares and no one is in charge. Soon more windows will be broken, and sense of anarchy will spread from the building to the street” (152). If “no one cares” that a window has been broken and no one faces any consequences, people start to assume they are allowed to continue and repeat the action.
In the essay “Why the Reckless Survive” by Melvin Konner, the author describes why individuals perform reckless activities. Konner also explains that people do no think clearly about the risks that they are taking, and provides assumptions about why we do what we do. In the essay “In Wildness is the Preservation of the World” by Michael Dirda, the author states that we should re-inspire our children with noble ideals, and persuade them to build a new world. In the essay by Melvin Konner the author provides many sources such as psychologists, physicians, sociologists and many more to explain his assumptions about why people participate in reckless behavior.
For example, one theory seems to suggest that harm arises not only from misuse of the data but also from the breach itself. In both Pisciotta and Reilly, customers chose to share information with a trusted institution for a particular purpose; when malicious third parties hacked the defendants ' computer systems, customers lost control over who had access to their personal information. It is not necessary for the probability to be as high as the court in Reilly would require for the breach to cause feelings of powerlessness and anxiety. The Court’s “increased risk” analysis in Pisciotta overlaps with this control theory, but it is not coextensive. Harm under this theory would not necessarily require an increased risk of exposure, as general anxiety and stress stems from the perception of loss of control over personal information, regardless of whether an increased risk of harm can be statistically
This theory challenges the traditional approach to security, which we all believe that is related to identify and deal with an evident threat; instead this school of thought introduces a social-constructivist view that considers how problems are transformed into security
The Information Security Manager reports in their capacity to the CEO. Company officers, executives, directors, employees, contractors and third party service providers cooperate and work with the Information Security Manager to ensure the protection of customer’s non-public information and Licensee’s Information Assets. Policies, such as Enterprise Antivirus Program, Network Access, Software Development Security Standards, Physical Security, Vendor Manangmenet Ativirus, Mobile Computing/Remote Access, Inromation Security Risk Assessment, Social Media, Data Loss Prevention, and Secuiryt Incident Response Policies have been implemented to protect customer’s non-public personal information and company Information
In Roxane Gay’s essay “The Illusion of Safety/The Safety of Illusion”, the argument being made here is in part the usefulness of trigger warnings, as well as the idea that everyone has a situation that is unique to them and that we need to avoid putting everyone in the same box. Because Gay’s main argument is on the usefulness of trigger warnings, it’s imperative that she convince readers that she knows what she’s talking about. Gay proves this effectively by immediately listing her triggers using a unique technique. Every sentence begins using the same word.
Often one makes an ill advised decision to protect the ones that they love. In “Mama and Her Bank Account” it proclaims, “ ‘In all my life, I never been inside a Bank.’ And when I didn’t--couldn’t--answer; Mama earnestly said:’Is no good for little ones to be afraid--to not feel secure’”. One will often make a decision that others see as ill-mannered, in order to protect their loved one’s sense of security.
There are three primary facets that pertain to security operations and they are people, technology, and processes. All three aspects must be in sync as well as be able to provide balance and depth in order for a Security Operations Center (SOC) to be effective. To build efficiencies within a SOC, collaboration and communication are crucial as there are many subcomponents that are interweaved to maximize the benefits gained in each facet of security operations. Technology plays a significant role as it facilitates the collection of data within a large enterprise organization encompassing a plethora of networked devices. “An effective security monitoring system incorporates data gathered from the continuous monitoring of endpoints (PCs, laptops, mobile devices and servers) as well as networks and log and event sources.”
Cyber Security in Today’s World In this published piece by Jon Olstik on Networkworld from IDG, Mr. Olstik refers to the problems in the IT world in regards to vulnerabilities to computer security. It appears that there is a larger and growing problem with intrusions of companies’ information and projects that could cost them time effort and money if successfully hacked. In his article he mentions a few things that are basic yet can uproot a company’s IT specialist.
Competitive pricing pressure from a flooded market has forced significant consolidation and has shifted the landscape of the PC market and computer hardware industry. Some group of multinationals companies leads and have managed to maintained double-digit worldwide market share for several years. Specially in the Personal Computer industry, the two computers named as Dell and Hewlett-Packard- dominate the landscape. They have significantly more market share than their closest competitors (Microsoft, IBM, Sony, Fujitsu, Apple) on a global scale (34% of all PC shipments) and they account nearly half of domestic sales. A lot of these new shipments have reflected the demand for "volume servers" and enterprise servers, often a lower-end