Jorge Romo
Professor Bowman
CYSE 200T
30OCT22
ePortfolio Entry #2
When thinking about a broad topic such as ethical issues when storing electronic information about individuals, 4 issues come to mind: privacy, accuracy, property, and accessibility. Privacy and security are imperative. The authentication systems, securing applications over insecure infrastructure, and increasing the role of biometrics. All of those are ways a business can protect and secure information stored about individuals on their networks to avoid an invasion of privacy. The accuracy of the information given online is another ethical issue, from making sure that the digital information to a bank account is accurate to not being catfished with a snapchat filter. Property is a serious ethical issue, when it comes to our personal information stored online what amount of that is ours and what information a company owns as intellectual property. Accessibility is one of the last issues when thinking about storing information electronically, who has the right to view and access our information given to a company.
According to this study Which countries have the worst (and best) cybersecurity? (comparitech.com) China has one of the worst cybersecurity rates while the United States was ranked top 20 safest countries. One of the biggest issues working against China’s cybersecurity, I found was that they are the largest market for digital shopping, mobile payments, and internet-enabled financial services. It makes sense to see they would be one of the most impacted by hackers and cybersecurity threats. Being so reliant on technology also exposes and it becomes much harder to avoid and mitigate the risks associated with having so much digital information. Compared to the United States their business information technology market was more than double. In addition, China implemented a law that requires businesses to receive government certifications and includes data from ATM’s. That law creates infringement by the government and increases cybersecurity risks by hackers. That law requires the same from international businesses, so it also affects information stored by United States businesses that decide to work in China.
It brings those ethical issues I brought up earlier back to mind. Privacy, accuracy, property, and accessibility are critical ethical issues now. They should make us think about who we do business with and how we need to be even more careful giving our information in an age of technology and increased cybersecurity threats such as hackers, the new era criminals.
Works Cited
Why China’s new cybersecurity law is a threat to international businesses and innovation (imd.org)
Four Ethical Issues of the Information Age) (gdrc.org)
Staying ahead in the Cyber Security Game
NIST: An Introduction to Information Security – SP 800-12
Electric Grid Security and Resilience: Establishing a Baseline for Adversarial Threats