Homework Assignment
Homework Assignment 5: Law Enforcement Involvement 7
Your Name
School of Computer and Information Sciences, University of the Cumberlands
ISOL632 Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery Planning
Dr. Ronald P. Sperano
Current Date
Table of Contents Pros and Cons of Publicity during an Incident 3 Pro(s) of law enforcement mechanism 4 Con(s) of enforcement mechanism 4 Determination of Law Enforcement Involvement after Fact 5 Reason(s) for Involvement) 5 Reason(s) for Non-involvement 5 Example(s) of Organization(s) Not Involving Law Enforcement 6 Example(s) 6 References 6
Law enforcement has both positive and negative influence on the organizations that engage in business operations. There is some incidence, such as hackers accessing the system of the organization and getting confidential information.(Please rewrite the sentence) When the organization has security monitoring and detects the frequency, it can take a law enforcement mechanism. Still, by starting the straight path, it publicizes the spectrum, which can harm the organization. The objective of this paper is to address the benefits and challenges of law enforcement mechanisms following the interruptions of the system of the organization (Moon, & Jonson, 2012).
Pros and Cons of Publicity during an Incident
During an incident that may damage the system or data stored by the organization, both the organization and its clients suffer negatively. To get justice, the organization need to pursue law enforcement mechanism, but in the process of enforcing the law, the organization may be impacted both positively and negatively.
Pro(s) of law enforcement mechanism
The law enforcement mechanism is essential because it helps the organization to investigate and understand the real people behind the attack of the system of the organization. Through the enforcement mechanism, those responsible can be convicted are liable for the damage they caused to the organization or the client.
Another advantage of applying law enforcement is that, it helps in preventing further criminal activities. When the law convicts those who planned and were involved in the illegal activities, it discourages others who may have similar motives fearing to undergo the consequences. It may also help in rebuilding the reputation of the organization. When the clients who were negatively affected are compensated through an enforcement mechanism, they can rebuild the trust they have to the organization (Villa-Real, 2014).
Con(s) of enforcement mechanism
The cons of the enforcement mechanism are that, it can damage the reputation of the organization, when the information about the attack on the system is leaked to the public in the course of the law enforcement process. Sometimes the information about the invasion of the system may be confident just to the organization. Still, when the organization starts the enforcement mechanism, the data is handled by third parties, which can be the source of leaking information to the public.
Another challenge is that it is time-consuming because a law enforcement mechanism is a longer process. The complainants have to prove that the suspects are the real people who participated in the crime. The management of the organization will always be required to review the rules and regulations as well as to follow the enforcement mechanism, thus, having little time to concentrate on the goals of the organization (Tusikov, 2016).
Determination of Law Enforcement Involvement after the Fact
The organization has to decide whether it has to be involved in law enforcement or not. Different factors determine whether the organization participate in law enforcement or not. The factors that determine include the cost of implementation, the time required, and its publicity to the public.
Reason(s) for Involvement
When the organization has enough financial resources that can help implement the enforcement mechanism successfully, then the organization can decide to perform a law enforcement mechanism. The second factor is when the organization is sure that the enforcement mechanism may not damage the organization's reputation, which can lower the trust that clients have towards the organization. The chosen enforcement mechanism should be that one that helps the organization gets justice without leaking the confidential information to the public. When the involvement enables the organization to regain the data or any asset or services lost through the criminal act, the process should be implemented by the organization.
Reason(s) for Non-involvement
When the organization fears that the enforcement mechanism will leak the damage caused to the public, then the organization may decide not to participate in the enforcement mechanism. Another factor is that when it is costly to implement enforcement mechanism, then the organization may choose not to apply law enforcement. If the organization have inadequate personnel with skills that will enable law enforcement mechanism to be successfully conducted, then the organization may decide not to participate.
When law enforcement mechanisms can violate the rights of an individual's either within or outside the organization, then the organization may decide not to participate or implement a law enforcement mechanism.
Example(s) of Organization(s) Not Involving Law Enforcement
Different organizations have faced challenges in the implementation of an information system to facilitate online transactions to cover the global market. Such organizations do not participate in law enforcement as a way of minimizing the publicity of the incidence.
Example(s)
An example is when the unknown people hacked the system of Adobe in 2015, and the organization did not follow the law enforcement mechanism by taking the matter to court for the due process. Instead, the organization apologized to the customers that were affected and rectified its system to continue operating. The second example is when Amazon suffered an attack on its network, and some of its clients could not access the order for the services for 8 hours. The company only concentrated on rectifying the system instead of launching the law enforcement process.
References
Moon, M. M., & Jonson, C. L. (2012). The influence of occupational strain on organizational commitment among police: A general strain theory approach. Journal of Criminal Justice, 40(3), 249-258.
Tusikov, N. (2016). Chokepoints: Global private regulation on the Internet. Univ of California Press.
Villa-Real, A. E. C. (2014). U.S. Patent No. 8,831,677. Washington, DC: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.