♥ Assignment # 1 ♥

1.Why has there been a dramatic increase in the number of computer related security incidents in recent years?
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The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible and productive to its intended users. The term computer system security means the collective processes and mechanisms by which sensitive and valuable information and services are protected from publication, tampering or collapse by unauthorized activities or untrustworthy individuals and unplanned events respectively. The strategies and methodologies of computer security often differ from most other computer technologies because of its somewhat elusive objective of preventing unwanted computer behavior instead of enabling wanted computer behavior.




2.What are the some characteristics of common criminals including their objective
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accountable for their actions, with the International Criminal Court among the few addressing this threat.^[3]




3.What actions must be take in response to a security incidents?
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Incident response is key when safeguarding data once an incident has occurred. If an incident is identified and personnel identifying it are able to respond appropriately, the ability to safeguard data and recover back to an operational state has increased.  In some cases a properly developed incident response plan can prevent a small incident from becoming a catastrophe.  Incident response is more than a group of people responding to an incident.  A good response team is developed with a strong set of procedures in place to ensure each member knows their role and that the individual who identified the incident also knows the proper reporting procedures.
Computer crime, or cybercrime, refers to any crime that involves a computer and a network, where the computers may or may not have played an instrumental part in the commission of a crime.^[1] Netcrime refers, more precisely, to criminal exploitation of the Internet.^[2] Issues surrounding this type of crime have become high-profile, particularly those surrounding hacking, copyright infringement, child pornography, and child grooming. There are also problems of privacy when confidential information is lost or intercepted, lawfully or otherwise.
On the global level, both governments and non-state actors continue to grow in importance, with the ability to engage in such activities as espionage, financial theft, and other cross-border crimes sometimes referred to as cyber warfare. The international legal system is attempting to hold actors