1. How do engineers make cyber networks safer?

A cyber engineer is a highly trained professional who protect your organization from cyberattacks and serious malfunctions. By incorporating electrical engineering and cyber security, they are the people for the job when it comes to physically designing and building networks and computer systems. By having a background in forensics, security policy, and network defense, they are able to create safe networks and systems for the end user. Unlike a system administrator or network consultant, they are able to do the actual troubleshooting and repair of hardware, software and virtual machines. Part of the job of a cyber engineer is to stage pretend attacks to test the vulnerability of their system. By doing this, they are able to detect weaknesses and possible pathways that hackers would use to gain access.

• What is the overlap between criminal justice and cybercrime? How does this overlap relate to the other disciplines discussed in this class?

As our world becomes more technologically advanced a growing trend of crime occurs in the cyber scape. Our society is run by technology, thus criminals will use it for their own gain. Many of our nations laws were created far before technology existed and now we are navigating a new realm of justice. Crime has changed, and our criminal justice system is changing with it. The discipline of cyber law is becoming ever more popular. When law, governing, business and education are all online crime will follow. Law enforcement is also facing a new frontier when it comes to investigating crimes involving online harassment, stalking and trafficking. Cyber terrorism is also becoming more prevalent as hackers are taking government websites, hostage and utilizing technology to spread mass, terror and panic against our nation and others. Cyber security overlaps with many disciplines, including the intelligence community, law-enforcement, business, foreign policy, and government. 

Sources https://www.cisa.gov/topics/cybersecurity-best-practices