I have read an essay on cyber threats
to network security which is providing the brief information on the risks of
the cyber criminality as well as it also provides some recommendations to solve
such kind of vulnerabilities. The cybercrimes can harm security of any country
as well as damage the financial health of people. Several types of cybercrimes
are discussed which are: Drug trafficking, email server misuse, the piracy as
well as other types of cybercrimes. Many research papers are also written on
cybercrimes. According to one research in the year of 2008, 265 percent digital
crimes were enhanced while sixty percent malicious script were identified. A
brief discussion made which provides information can be vulnerable the security.
In the Suggestions part, some recommendations were given which can save smart
devices as well as provides some knowledge that how user can prevent from such
threats. The risk management regime, the secure configuration of the system,
network security, controls of removable media as well as other kind of suggestions
are recommended which can prevent the computer or networks from such threats.
Ethics in
Information Technology and Software Use
It is related to the illegal or
legal use of the information technology. The paper is telling about the ethics
in information technology. A hot topic “piracy” is discussed in the study. The
scale used in the research is distributed with in distinguished factors such as
the neutral scale, highly ethical as well as highly unethical. Study also
failed to show actual effects of illegal use of the information technology. The
relevant ethical problems are measured about the lower instrument scores and
higher ethical responses. The moral judgments was also considered for discouraging
unethical use of this technology.