The Difference Between Far-left and Far-right Extremism

The main difference between far-left and far-right extremism lies in their methods and motivations. Far-left extremism has had motivations based upon factors such as environmental change and progress, social justice, and progression in a system where prejudice is active. While not historically violent, far-left extremism has become violent in the past. During the 60’s and…

Connecting Terrorism, Criminology, and the IoT

In the event of the Christchurch shootings, the use of the internet was not only a means of aid for spreading the message, it was indeed the message. Many if not all exposure to this attack came via the internet through a livestream that the attacker, Brenton Tarrant, had posted during the attack itself to…

Discussion Topics

Here you will find a collection of discussion topics I have gone over in my studies and discussed with my peers at Old Dominion University, most of which pertaining to Cybersecurity and Cybercrime.

The NIST Cybersecurity Framework

Organizations can benefit from the NIST Framework depends on the level of guidance an organization takes from the framework. The framework can provide an organization a guideline on the standards of up to date security practices, virtual or physical. It can also be used to improve an organizations current security practices, based of several standards…