To: National Security Council From: Cyber Security Student‚ University of Pittsburgh‚ Pittsburgh Campus Subject: Internet Security: Online privacy policies help criminals‚ but raise questions about increasing surveillance and decreasing privacy to general public. Internet privacy may be a thing in the past due to necessary government control. 1. Executive Summary: The NSC has tasked us to assess the potential risks associated with the United States government expanding their abilities of
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2013 OBSERVATION ANALYSIS Internet Addiction and Gender Dynamics for Social Computer Gaming Tendency Ozan Yaman ABSTRACT Since the mid-1990s‚ there have been frequent reports of individuals whose use of the computer and internet is problematic. Given the recent expansion and the expected increase in internet availability and usage in the coming years‚ it is important that healthcare professionals be informed about this behavior and its associated problems. Recently‚ psychological
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Computer Security Many commercial software packages are designed with computer security features that control who can access the computer. These types of access controls use a process called identification and authentication. Identification verifies that the user is a valid user‚ and authentication verifies that the user is who he or she claims to be. Three common methods of authentication are remembered information‚ possessed objects‚ and biometric devices. With remembered information‚ a
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that pertains to all people. The law that amended the Computer Fraud Abuse Act of 1986 is the National Information Infrastructure Protection Act of 1996‚ it changed several sections of the Computer Fraud Abuse Act and increased the penalties for selected crimes. The law that was specifically created to deal with encryption policy in the US was the Security and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999. In an information security context‚ privacy is not absolute freedom from observation‚
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Good and The Evil of the Internet The onset of computers on the general population has given a boost to the Economy in the world’s market. People who weren’t much aware of the world became drawn to computers‚ which in turn brought about the Internet‚ connecting the world all over. The Internet has played a major role in the lives of people all over the world. Now‚ it is not limited to just important organizations or governments. Everyone who owns a computer is logged on to the Internet; and this has
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As the internet continues to grow‚ we may never be able to completely protect our privacy especially when it comes to shopping online and social networking sites. Abstract I chose this topic because it seems to always be in the news and there is also an interesting section about this topic in chapter three in the text. Whether it has to do with online shopping or social networking sites‚ it seems like once we make it on the internet‚ anyone can be located and can be at risk. Just Google anyone’s
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Understanding Internet Security What you need to protect yourself online. Understanding Internet Security What you need to protect yourself online. Table of Contents SECTION ONE—Internet Security: What it is and why you need it • You and your family are at risk of virtual attacks .....................................................................1 • Understanding how the Internet works and the security threats you face....................................1 • What’s a nuisance‚ what’s
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Overview of Internet Security As of 1996‚ the Internet connected an estimated 13 million computers in 195 countries on every continent‚ even Antarctica (1). The Internet is not a single network‚ but a worldwide collection of loosely connected networks that are accessible by individual computer hosts in a variety of ways‚ including gateways‚ routers‚ dial-up connections‚ and Internet service providers. The Internet is easily accessible to anyone with a computer and a network connection. Individuals
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of Security and Privacy on the Internet issue. The term "information" now is more used when defining a special product or article of trade which could be bought‚ sold‚ exchanged‚ etc. Often the price of information is higher many times than the cost of the very computers and technologies where it is functioning. Naturally it raises the need of protecting information from unauthorized access‚ theft‚ destruction‚ and other crimes. However‚ many users do not realize that they risk their security and
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the different security threats on the internet‚ and the different ways to prevent and protect yourself from them. The different threats that are going to be covered are viruses‚ trojan horses‚ hackers‚ spam‚ corrupt IP packets‚ port scanner attacks‚ DOS(denial of service) attacks‚ spider attacks‚ worms and socail attacks. Also‚ I will cover different security practices and computer software and hardware that can help protect and prevent these different attacks on your computer‚ or network. Many
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