When it comes to storing information about individuals, there can be come ethical problems within it. One of them is making sure you have the consent of the users who have plans to be part of your system. If there’s no evidence that you asked for consent before storing their data, it may give them sketchy vibes about the company and they may move away from your business, possibly causing loss of potential employees and customers in the long run. Protecting the data of those you store is crucial for ethicality because it can be devastating to your business, your employees, and your customers if a compromise or a data breach were to occur. It can lead to your company losing a lot of money as well as your customers and employees losing trust in your company since it affected their privacy and sensitive data. Privacy is something that should also be considered when dealing with an individual’s sensitive data. Making sure that they have enough privacy to be able to live without fearing that they’re being watched constantly is necessary to having a positive work environment and also ensuring that you’ll be able to draw in more customers with your current ones giving good reviews about data protection. Making sure that the data you store is properly used is also an issue that could arise, meaning that companies shouldn’t use their employees or customers data for unethical purposes, such as selling it for ad revenue. America’s current cybersecurity risks that are popular are social engineering, phishing, ransomware, and cryptojacking. Phishing being one of the more popular ones in America, it’s slowly becoming more and more realistic and has been fooling more people by the day. Ransomware is evolving to use Bitcoin and making things harder for companies to pay. Cryptojacking also being a huge security risk because it slows down company networks and computers because the criminals are mining Bitcoin with their machines. Germany has been dealing with ransomware as well, especially since 2021. It’s risen to about double since 2019 according to euractiv.com. The hackers have been using a tactic that includes threatening to publish the information online for pay. America’s rates for being hit with SSH-based attacks are at 14.75% and Germany’s is at 4.67%. America isn’t hit by cryptominers as much as Germany though, Germany is in the top 3 countries of being hit by it the most according to comparitech.com.