Thursday, May 1, 2008

Portf. 3 Criteria A

Criteria A

This portfolio addresses the issue of cyber Hacking. Cyber attacks are made to companies, people's personal sites and it can also affect the government. Examples of some cyber attacks are when some people hack into someone's computer, they can steal their files, and place viruses on their computers. Another example is the article "Cyber Assaults on Estonia Typify a New Battle Tactic". (Finn, 2007). This article concentrates on how there are massive cyber attacks on websites of the government, banks, telecommunications companies, internet service providers and news organizations.

This issue would have many limitations. The IT system that is involved with this issue is the internet. This IT system is very important to society. Many businesses around the world use this IT system. Businesses in Estonia use internet to save their data. There are many significant documents that are kept on the computer.

Society is affected by this issue in positive and negative ways. One positive way that it can help society is by solving some crimes. The government or some other organizations, would hack into someone's computer if they believe that they are a suspect. One negative issue is that this can invade people's privacy. Hackers can find personal items on ones' computer or company.

Cyber Hacking can be a very serious problem. Where hackers can find personal items and access very confident information. It can also help solve crimes in many ways which would make society safer.

Criteria A portf. 3