Cyber attacks on the Internet occur on a daily basis - ranging in size, form, mechanism, level of sophistication and impact. Some cyber attacks can merely be a nuisance that affects a relatively small number of people with an easy fix, while other attacks can be detrimental and costly affecting millions of users (Kramer, Starr, & Wentz, 2009). It is now more apparent than ever that effective cybersecurity defensive technologies and policies need to be designed and implemented to counter the full range of cyber attacks that occur at the enterprise, national, and international levels.
There are a range of emerging cybersecurity technologies that organizations can implement, including: remote agent technologies, real-time forensic analyses technologies, sophisticated network-based defense technologies, and big data technologies. Moreover, the role of the federal government is vital to the nurture and efficacy of these and other emerging cybersecurity technologies. Certain policies need to be established and implemented, with backing and support from government in order to effectively counter cyber attacks at the enterprise, national, and international levels.
2. Emerging Cybersecurity Technologies
Many current cyber defenses are dated and static, and subsequently cannot effectively respond to the growing number of dynamic threats (University of Maryland University College [UMUC], 2012). Thus, new technologies need to be developed that can dynamically assess networks in real-time. Examples of such emerging technologies include remote agent technologies, and real-time forensic analyses technologies.
Remote Agent Technologies & Real-Time Forensic Analyses Technologies
Traditional methods such as compliance audits and patching have becom...
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...ntric warfare. These include the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) of the United States Navy and the BCT Network of the United States Army (O’Neil, 2007).
For enterprises, firewalls should be implemented at a basic level, with increasing sophistication as needed for increased security based on the security needs of the enterprise. At the country-level, firewalls should be implemented in a way that nations can build their network architecture around firewall chokepoints through which traffic must pass for analysis. For country-level protection, NIDS tools should be deployed on Internet service provider (ISP) networks at points of interconnection with other countries. For example, the U.S. Government or military should apply NIDS tools to monitor all traffic coming into or going out of the country, looking for coordinated attacks (Kramer et al., 2009, p. 191).
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As the Rise of cyber crimes grew so did the FBI’s influence on the growing technology.
The power to disable an enemy force without ever having to fire a shot might be closer than we think. While no one knows exactly what the future holds, it seems viruses, Trojans, and worms will continue to be used in an effort to attack and disable opposing forces across the world. If the United States wants to remain in an advantageous position in the information war, spending towards cyber security in our nation will have to increase. This book provides an enjoyable start to learning about information warfare, historical examples of how information has shaped battles, and what to expect in the years to come.
Though experts believe that the likelihood of a terrorist group deploying a dirty bomb in the Unites States is low, the consequences of an RDD attack would be quite significant. An RDD attack, would cause mass panic, disrupt the local economy, as well as causing sickness and death. The effectiveness of an RDD attack is dependent on the environmental conditions at the time of the attack as well as characteristics of the explosives and radiological materials used.
Without proper protection, any part of any network can be susceptible to attacks or unauthorized activity. Routers, switches, and hosts can all be violated by professional hackers, company competitors. In fact, according to several studies, more than half of all network attacks are waged internally. To determine the best ways to protect against attacks, we should understand the many types of attacks that can be instigated and the damage that these attacks can cause to data. The most common types of attacks include Denial of Service (DoS), password, an...
It is unrealistic to imagine that the copious amount of departments responsible for cybersecurity are able to adequately protect the country; therefore, the government needs to form one department that can be responsible for all cybersecurity problems and cyberattacks. When forming this new department, resources from other groups that currently share responsibility can be moved in order to decrease the amount of resources needed for the new group. But, it is also unfathomable for the government to be responsible for all cybersecurity as “... the reality is that while the lion’s share of the cybersecurity expertise lies in the federal government, more than 90 percent of the physical infrastructure of the Web is owned by private industry” (McConnell 4). Therefore the government must collaborate with the private sector. This cooperation can be utilized to help form the new government group as “there is also an opportunity for the new agency to be formed in a more deliberate way, drawing on leadership from the private economy to promote efficiency and cost-effectiveness” (Cohen 2). By working with the private sector, the new agency can reduce costs of personnel and equipment, increase performance, and maintain diverse cybersecurity plans. Once a
To provide assistance in growth, implementation and safeguarding the IT security solutions like firewalls, antivirus solutions and any intrusion detection systems.
There are numerous network security devices and tools available to aid in computer network defense, and these tools are often relied upon for protecting against increasingly sophisticated, stealthy, and damaging attacks. When acting alone, the current generation of security devices has an exceedingly difficult time providing an effective defense against such threats, and the situation is particularly grim for targeted or novel attacks.
Within the last decade, the internet has proven to be the most efficient way to complete tasks in today’s society. Every major business in today’s society relies on the internet to conduct business. Though the internet is a useful tool, our reliability on it opens up the door for cyber-attacks that can be detrimental to business as a whole. One example of a cyber-attacks that have recently started becoming more prevalent are DDoS attacks. Recently, DDoS attacks have been a rising issue for businesses owners who run their own servers, such as video game companies and other high profile web servers, including banks and other credit card payment gateways.
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In modern economies, national critical infrastructure such as energy systems, transportation systems, water systems and financial systems are controlled by computer systems, which effectively makes them part of cyberspace. Any disruption to the smooth running of computer systems that control national critical infrastructure would have significant (and in some cases strategic) consequences for the nation concerned. Dealing with potential cyber threats has therefore become a high priority for national security and defense institutions across the world.
The nation has become dependent on technology, furthermore, cyberspace. It’s encompassed in everything we deliver in our daily lives, our phones, internet, communication, purchases, entertainment, flying airplane, launching missiles, operating nuclear plants, and implicitly, our protection. The more ever-growing technology empower Americans, the more they become prey to cyber threats. The United States Executive Office of the President stated, “The President identified cybersecurity as one of the top priorities of his administration in doing so, directed a 60-day review to assess polices.” (United States Executive Office of the President, 2009, p.2). Furthermore, critical infrastructure, our network, and internet alike are identified as national assets upon which the administration will orchestrate integrated cybersecurity policies without infringing upon and protecting privacy. While protecting our infrastructure, personal privacy, and civil liberties, we have to keep in mind the private sector owns and operates the majority of our critical and digital infrastructure.
The only counter measures taken so far that have been revealed is that the 300 Internet addresses were shut down in May 2010. The very recent public notification of this cyber-attack will continue to unfold and new implemented strategies to prevent a reoccurance remain to be seen. As a patriot of this great nation, what has been presented is of extreme, if not grave, concern. The challenges of cyberculture to our nation’s security have been revealed. To what extent our security has been breached is a matter of speculation but be informed that these breaches must be met with complete counter-active success - failure to do so is not an option. .
Our nation's infrastructure is daily becoming much more of an abstract environment due to the use of organized cyber criminals hacking away at our super computer information systems. They are generating unpredictable challenges for law enforcement in discovering the unethical abuse on computer systems and a concentration on the young topic of cyber terrorism threatening our criminal justice system. Our law enforcement continues to invent newer methods to function and learn from this new social phenomenon and define cyber terrorism activity as motivation by the rapid growth of technology as a challenge, dominance, and as pleasure to obtain privileged information for illegal use to intentionally harm others and our information networks as well. Therefore, it is of relevance to explore the behavior of a computer hacker and a cracker; including the control, response, and the appropriate measures to combat this new crime wave, and how the academic community, courts, police, and the scientific government are approaching this radical form of crime.
Crimes like the various forms of networking hacking existed before the technology boom, but with computers and other pieces of technology, these crimes became easier to commit and many times get away with. Cybercrime is a concern that has been attracting media attention since 1945, when the United Nations created an international cooperation and collective security network of 192 countries to cooperate and solve international problems and one of a growing issue is cybercrime (Portnoy and Goodman, 2009). Now that technology is developing fast daily, individuals and businesses are more likely to attain this problem. I could see that cybercrime will be the top threat to the United States. Not only our country but also the people of our