Assignment 5: Senior Seminar Project

Running head: TECHNOLOGY INFLUENCES 1

TECHNOLOGY INFLUENCES 5

Technology Influences

Janella Campbell

Professor Doris Mitchell

CRJ499

November 6, 2017

Technology Influences

Introduction

Cybercrime is a vice in the modern society that has a worrying growth trend. Cybercrime has significantly developed over the years, and law enforcement considers it as a crime according to the law. Commonly, cybercrime is attributed to the human perspective. The concept advocates that cybercrime is as a result of the exploitation of human inadequacies. Despite this ideology being accurate, the development of technology and information systems significantly contribute to the predicament. This paper is a highlight on how information systems and modern technology contribute to the plight. Also, the study outlines technological proposals to solve cybercrime that threatens the advancement of technology (Abdelbaqi, 2016).

Impact of technology and information systems to cybercrime

The primary objective of cybercrime is to access information and data stored or transmitted through computer systems. Currently, the advancement of technology focuses on the enhancement of data transmission and availability. Social media is modern technology that contributes to cybercrime. It is estimated that over fifty percent of cybercrime acts originate from social media. Social media is an ideal source of information required by cybercrime perpetrators. Social media provides access to personal information that can be used in cybercrime.

The integration of information systems that can be remotely accessed contributes to cybercrime. Accessibility is a primary focus in the modern environment. The need for convenience has led to the development of remotely accessible systems across organizations. Despite the benefit of availability, the remotely accessible information systems enable hacking and a breach by hackers. The network used in information systems is susceptible to security attacks such as spoofing and SQL injections by hackers. In the recent past, law enforcement has reported that there has been a significant increase in the number of corporations infiltrated by hackers (CONSTANTIN, 2013).

The introduction of botnets has increased cybercrime across networks. Botnets are software applications that request information from a specific server. In the recent past, botnets have been used to overload systems to induce Distributed Denial of Service (DDOS). DDOS is recognized as a cybercrime acts by the law and is punishable.

Proposal to Cybercrime

Despite the adverse effects of technology on the war against cybercrime, there are benefits to its use in combating the predicament. Cybercrime can be handled efficiently by minimizing opportunities for the crime rather than punishing perpetrators. Firstly, it is important to note that the need for remote access to information in organizations is paramount. This epiphany ensures the development of a solution with remote access as a consideration. In the transmission of information and data, there should be encryption of data. Encryption means that data is transformed into an unintelligible format to reduce its use by hackers during a breach of the network. Additionally, encryption of data is useful in the transfer of sensitive data such as bank details and access information of different users.

In tackling cybercrime, authentication and authorization are a preventive approach in tacking the issue. Authentication and authorization ensure only intended users can access a system by providing security tokes. The two strategies enhance data integrity as hackers cannot alter or modify information in the system (Wall, 2008).

As an active approach to cybercrime, computer forensics should be adopted as a security practice. Computer forensics is an approach that seeks to identify and capture perpetrators of cybercrime activities. Computer forensics encompasses scrutiny and assessment of computer systems and networks highlighting areas prone to cybercrime. This strategy ensures strengthening of such areas thereby averting cybercrime.

Conclusion

Decisively, technology advancement information systems have an adverse effect as they contribute to cybercrime. Despite these limitations, the use of computer forensics, authentication, authorization and data encryption reduce instances of cybercrime in the modern world. Conclusively, modern technology can be used to tackle cybercrime in the society and should be supported in its advancement.

References

Abdelbaqi, M. (2016). Enacting Cybercrime Legislation in an Endeavour to Counter Cybercrime in Palestine. Global Journal of Comparative Law, 226-261. CONSTANTIN, A. (2013). Cybercrime and National Security in the Context of Globalization. International Journal of Information Security and Cybercrime, 43-48. Wall, D. S. (2008). CYBERCRIME AND THE CULTURE OF FEAR. Information, Communication & Society, 861-884.