Four ethical issues that arise when storing data electronically for employees, customers, patients, or people in general are privacy, security, confidentiality, and inaccurate data. With data privacy, it used to be as simple as storing a physical sheet of paper in a locked file cabinet. Now with everything online it’s all in one place. Although this is more convenient and faster than rifling through a file cabinet, it’s also more convenient for someone without proper authorization to get access, depending on your security measures to keep your data private. The security of your data and information is probably the most important issue because without it, your personal and private information is up for grabs. This information could include your medical records, financial information, work credentials, contact information and identity. A breach in any of this data could have serious consequences if disclosed to the wrong person, and may harm an individual’s status, bank account, or reputation. Confidentiality sets the limits of who can access data and who has proper authorization to access information. Anyone anywhere in the world could have access when stored electronically so it’s important to set these limits and authorization measures such as multi-factor authentication, not sharing personal data with anyone, and using complex passwords. Inaccurate data is a threat within itself due to something as simple as human error or “fat fingering a keyboard.” Such simple error could result in fines, privacy contract breaches, financial loss, and bad business reputation.

         Cybersecurity risks in the U. S. and other countries such as North Korea vary differently. In the U.S. an individual has a right to privacy and security while an individual in North Korea wouldn’t have any. It would be easy to be branded a criminal or have any personal data accessed since they don’t have the same rights as someone from the U.S. Plus with outdated technology and being isolated from the rest of the world it makes it difficult to secure yourself from any kind of cyber threat. The government in North Korea has access to anyone of its citizens data and a person has zero confidentiality. In the U.S. each individual has a way to combat cyber threats such as anti-virus software or cybersecurity personnel and access to knowledge on how to defend against such things.