Journal #6

Deviance is veering from the norm or the action that is separate from what is normal. Cyber security has led to cyber deviance because the smallest slip ups or if employees not doing what they are told to do because of their emotions can have huge consequence for everyone involved as cyber deviance can come in many forms for example, especially with many jobs in cyber-security only increases this number of cyber deviance events happening. Deviance in cyber-security would be an employee getting angry and doing a deviance action causing the destruction to a company more specifically if an employee got angry and shut down there organization security system in turn leaving the organization acceptable to cyber-attacks. This would allow the attacker to reveal critical information that could threaten the safety of many people. Another form of cyber deviance is unauthorized access as this also can lead to problems within the organization if any individual is poking their nose where it can have huge repercussions. Digital privacy is also a form of cyber deviance that is a big one as these actions cause the individual to take company data and spread it without company permission. These three examples are only a small part of the many forms of cyber deviance that can take place in the workplace. The motive of these cyber deviance events can be anything like revenge or anonymity. With these actions sometimes falling back on the organization as the organization and workplace in many cases cause these actions to occur. For example, if a company has poor communication or employees deal with loads of stress during work, it can lead employees to take these measures to get revenge or to prove a point. As the individual during the act feels as they made a point or what they did as needed, yet after comes the consequences that can have a negative impact on a large group of people. 

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