ETHICS DISC FUTURE OF CYBERSECURITY

Future of Cybercrime

Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:

• Define terror and differentiate it from cyberterror.
• Describe how nation-states may utilize the Internet as an attack vector in a different way than individual citizens with no state sponsorship.
• Define cyberwarfare and its context in the current state of international relations.
• Describe the various laws used to secure the USA and other countries from the threat of terror.
• Identify the agencies responsible for the investigation of terror and warfare in online spaces.
• Identify future trends in cybercrime offending and victimization.
• Describe the ways in which the proliferation of social media may influence the nature of involvement in terror and extremist movements worldwide.

Action Items

1. Complete the assigned reading for this module.
2. By the due date indicated, respond to the following discussion prompt:

• Based on everything you have learned throughout this course, what do you think the future of cybercrime offending and offenders will look like? What solutions can you think of to better prepare law enforcement to investigate cybercrimes? How can we improve the overall response?