4 Cyber Essay questions due tomorrow evening

Question 1

Find a Cybersecurity-related current event, activity, or development in the news. In your discussion post, briefly summarize the event and reflect on its significance. You should use any legitimate news source (television, internet, periodicals, etc.) to support your topical input. Questions to address might include:

· How does the event relate to issues addressed in class?

· How might similar situations be mitigated?

· What is the broader impact of the event (e.g., nationally, globally, etc.)

Include a link to the story or a citation so that others may read the story.

Question 2

Reflecting upon the overall context from Clarke’s Cyber War, and including known vulnerabilities of the sixteen CI sectors, is a cyber national disaster inevitable, or are we on a path to protect ourselves from a nationwide cyber calamity?

Question 3

How have Edward Snowden's ("Snowden") leaks about the electronic surveillance conducted and collected on U.S. and non-U.S. citizens by the National Security Administration ("NSA") impacted the global community? Based on Snowden's revelations, do you think the NSA was legally operating within the scope of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as amended, and the Patriot Act, Section 215? Why or why not?

Question 4

Provide a url address for a contemporary academic or media article which demonstrates one or more concept(s) on role and use of social media Then write a brief essay, not to exceed 3 paragraphs, identifying the basis for selecting this article and how the events described in the article correlate to the concept/topic.