“Review the NICE Workforce Framework. Are there certain areas that
you would want to focus your career on? Explain which areas would
appeal the most to you and which would appeal the least.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The areas I’m interested in are Cyber Defense Analysis, Digital Forensics, Vulnerability Assessment, and Management. These appeal to me the most because their descriptions feel like something I could be interested in. For example, the Cyber Defense Analysis description mentions how you pull information from various sources and defensive measures to analyze and report on events that could or have occurred on the network. Another example would be Digital Forensics and using it to find data, information, and other computer-related evidence in support of network vulnerability mitigation, counterintelligence, fraud, or law enforcement. I remember having to recover data for some family before and the process to learn how things work and how data isn’t as gone as we think it is.
An area I am not interested in is software development. To be frank, programming isn’t my cup of tea. I only use it when my project would be in need of it but unless it’s something fun and practical for me and my projects, I can’t imagine myself programming for my career unless needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Explain how the principles of science relate to cybersecurity”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Visit PrivacyRights.org to see the types of publicly available information
about data breaches. How might researchers use this information to
study breaches? Enter a paragraph in your journal.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I believe that Researchers can use this information to understand common traits between breaches and to archive and preserve old data breaches to see how breaches in the past are not exactly different from the ones we have now. On the graph within the website, if you were to search for breaches that involved a physical device, you’ll notice that out of the top five, four of the breaches were government-related and involved the mishandling of devices. The theft of a laptop, improperly disposed of hard drives, or a lost drive could lead to the potential risk of millions of government-affiliated individuals (Veterans, Employees, etc.) private information. Researchers could use information like these breaches to understand processes such as how hard drives that are not fully destroyed could still have the data inside of them recovered or how in server maintenance, devices could go missing causing the victims to be at risk of physical attacks, identity theft, or be victim of another data breach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Review the articles linked with each individual motive. Rank the motives from 1 to 7 as the motives that you think make the most sense (being 1) to the least sense (being 7). Explain why you rank each motive the way you rank it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Can you spot three fake websites and compare the three fake websites to three real websites, plus showcase what makes the fake websites fake?”
There weren’t 3 examples but the 3 prominent fake sites I see and hear about are Discord, Cryptocurrency, and Social media. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Discord: These sites are usually near duplicates of the original site with minor changes such as having text replaced with “Free Nitro Campaign”. These sites compared to the original simply just change their domain to make it look reasonably legitimate such as “nitrogiveaway.com” or “discord.nitro.gg” to help make it look more legitimate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Social Media: For fake websites in social media, phishing pages could be made to look like legitimate login pages. Each website is different and compared to the original, sometimes they can include spelling errors, and inconsistencies in the layout, or if the website changes its layout, it could be entirely wrong too. A fake Facebook login page could be different from a real one because it could be missing a few things such as the logo, incorrect colors, or change in looks that could tell you it’s fake. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cryptocurrency: Cryptocurrency is an area that is full of scams. Fraudsters attempt to scam people by using phishing emails and pages that look similar to the original site such as MetaMask, Coinbase, and Crypto.com. As with other fake pages, they usually just copy the original site and change the domain slightly or replace a character with another one that looks similar to it (Punycode URL). <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Review the following ten photos through a cybersecurity human systems integration framework.\u00a0 Create a meme explaining what is going on in the individual\u2019s or individuals\u2019 mind(s).”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“After watching the video, write a journal entry about how you think the media influences our understanding about cybersecurity”
I believe that the media can make our understanding of cybersecurity skewed or misunderstood as they portray or use hacking as a device to solve technological needs when in reality, it can be a bit more complicated. Similar to how shows would use “enhance” to see blurry pictures as clear. Hacking is used in a way to solve plot inconveniences and I believe the only show I can think of that portrays hacking in a much more grounded way is Mr. Robot. The hacks and methods they use are definitely more realistic and grounded such as using a rubber ducky to exfiltrate data or using vulnerabilities and zero-days to attack systems. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Complete the Social Media Disorder scale<\/a>.\u00a0 How did you score?\u00a0 What do you think about the items in the scale?\u00a0 Why do you think that different patterns are found across the world?” “Watch this video.\u00a0 As you watch the video https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=iYtmuHbhmS0<\/a>, think about how the description of the cybersecurity analyst job relates to social behaviors.\u00a0 Write a paragraph describing social themes that arise in the presentation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “A later module addresses cybersecurity policy through a social science framework.\u00a0 At this point, attention can be drawn to one type of policy, known as bug bounty policies.\u00a0 These policies pay individuals for identifying vulnerabilities in a company\u2019s cyber infrastructure.\u00a0 To identify the vulnerabilities, ethical hackers are invited to try explore the cyber infrastructure using their penetration testing skills.\u00a0 The policies relate to economics in that they are based on cost\/benefits principles.\u00a0 Read this article https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/cybersecurity\/article\/7\/1\/tyab007\/6168453?login=true<\/a>\u00a0 and write a summary reaction to the use of the policies in your journal.\u00a0 Focus primarily on the literature review and the discussion of the findings.\u00a0“<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I only scored 1\/9 (Displacement). I think the items on the scale don’t relate to me directly but I know others who they do relate to that make more sense to me. I believe that social media can be replaced with internet as I don’t know anyone who is on social media that much compared to just being on the internet.
I believe that in other parts of the world, the pattern will be different such as in Asia where hermits (hikikomori) spend all of their time sheltered in their homes or gaming\/internet cafes. For those who are hikikomori and also use the internet, perhaps they will get a different score because they have a different lifestyle. <\/p>\n\n\n\nJE10:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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