The Criminal Justice System

Published Date: 02 Nov 2017

Chapter 10

Exercise 3:

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Case 1

Exercise 1:

The firewall provides a defense between a series of networks or a network and the internet, acting as a security blanket for secured, controlled, and audited transactions to filter predefined packets flowing in and out of the network. The firewall should not stop people from doing business but restrict anyone and everyone, including employees, from getting personal information if they do not have a need to know it. Additionally, a firewall should have been placed at each location that had an external connection to the internet so that if a perimeter was broken, the system would automatically shut down. In order to prevent access to its transaction servers, a company would have to set up a secure channel in which to communicate with its clients, such as SSL, TSL, or PPTP.

Furthermore, if multiple firewalls are used, they all must react to each situation the same way; one firewall cannot block information, while another allows it. Any unnecessary software on the firewalls should also be removed. Secure connections through external firewalls ensure that information will be secure so that hackers cannot steal the information in transit. External firewalls can also ensure that data is being processed from one system to another without interference. In addition, encryption can establish a secure channel inside LAN’s and WAN’s. Firewall‘s also protect against brute force attacks by hiding the core machines that hold the customer's transactions.

If a firewall is configured and maintained properly, it can be a very powerful tool that helps protect important information. Another option to secure consumer information is encryption; this process transforms readable information into unreadable data using an algorithm. Only those with the key to decipher will be able to transform the data back in to a readable format. While encryption cannot prevent a website from being hacked, it can render the data useless and is an important step in processing, loging data, transferring data, and ensuring that the data is secure and the destination is trusted. Prevention must also be addressed but with other security methods such as passwords, training and company policies.

Exercise 3:

Computers we use are advancing every day, and we are being taught that to succeed in today’s electronic world, we should have web or social media site. Many people think that the computer will help in providing all the answers. While we are "connected on -line" we must remember that there are people out there looking to steal personal information to use for illegal activities.

Data breaches occur when personally identifiable information such as names, social security

numbers and credit card numbers are accidentally lost or maliciously stolen. These breaches can

result in hundreds of thousands of compromised records, and lead to identity theft and related crimes.

In an effort to reduce these crimes, many states have responded by adopting security breach laws in response to an escalating number of criminal hackers gaining access to consumer databases.

Beginning in 2002 with California’s SB 1386, laws have been passed to ensure notification to the consumers if a breach of information has occurred. Security breach notification laws are state laws that require organizations that maintain personal information about individuals to inform those individuals if the security of their information has been compromised. The Act requires organizations to notify individuals in a timely manner, if personally identifiable information has either been lost, or is likely to be acquired, by an unauthorized person, and is reasonably considered to compromise an individual’s personal information.

Consumers feel that they have the right to be informed when firms use or abuse their information. Having being notified of a breach of their personal information, consumers could then make informed decisions and take appropriate actions to prevent or mitigate the impact of identity theft. For example, to lessen their risks, consumers who have been notified of a breach can contact their bank, their credit card merchants and law enforcement; they may close unused financial accounts; and they can place a credit freeze or fraud alert on their credit report. This is why I believe these laws should remain in our criminal justice system.

As one possible negative impact, some lawmakers feel these types of laws should be abolished. This legislation could lead to some customers trying to illegally profit from a situation that has not or did not occur. Customers could blame the company for unwanted spam on their computers, and or junk mail received through the postal system. A simple mistake by their bank could lead a customer to believe that someone is stealing their money. With time being an issue, what if the company delays informing the customers of the problem. This could increase the number of lawsuits.