Pillar 7 Respect The Pillars Broken By Edward Snowden

Introduction

Cybersecurity is an aspect of security that has shaped the way we as a people think and live our everyday lives. For the past 10 years and even before then, this trend of cybersecurity has been a constant topic of both discussion and protection of our data and of our financial assets as well. There have been numerous attacks on companies and federal organizations from big name Fortune 500 companies such as Visa, Target, etc. to big name federal agencies such as National Security Agency (NSA), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) just to name a couple. This principle of cybersecurity will continue to be something that will always remain a factor in all that we do. In 2016, where the presidential election has come into full

The first scenario was the National Security Agency leak orchestrated by Edward Snowden in 2013. Per the ACM Code of Ethics, the pillars broken by Snowden consist of: Pillar 1.2 Avoid Harm to Others, Pillar 1.3 Be Honest and Trustworthy, Pillar 1.5 Honor Property Rights including copyrights and patents, Pillar 1.7 Respect the Privacy of Others and finally, Pillar 1.8 Honor Confidentiality. By leaking the information to the public, Snowden did more harm than good. The nature of the information that was released could have potentially put others in danger. He violated the rights of the National Security Agency because the information is sole property of the agency and should have been treated as such. He did not honor the confidentiality of the position in which he held. Working for a federal agency of such high caliber requires a sense of urgency, confidentiality and trust and all of that was betrayed. In terms of the Hampton University Information Security Guidelines, Rule 14 would be the main contributing issue here due to using a network for personal gain (i.e. leaking confidential information). In addition, the Democratic National Committee broke Pillars 1.3 Be Honest and Trustworthy, 1.7 Respect the Privacy of Others, and 1.8 Honor Confidentiality of the ACM Code of Ethics. The attack on the Committee due to Russia was unnecessary because Russia did not respect the

In my opinion, the principle of cybersecurity is something that needs to be respected and needs to be considered whenever something critical is being done at both the state and national levels. In terms of Edward Snowden, I believe that he was wrong for releasing information to the public about the National Security Agency’s involvement in certain matters. He should be tried to the fullest extent of the law. In terms of the Democratic National Committee hacking, we need to investigate the attack and find out who the ultimate culprit was and we need to try them to the fullest extent of our laws if the culprit is found to be domestic. If the culprit found to be an international country and or entity, we need to proceed to the United Nations and determine what consequences need to be done regarding the actions of that country or entity. As far as Hillary Clinton’s private email server, I believe that she should not have included classified information in emails and that she should not have utilized a private server to begin with. When a person decides to run for president, they are essentially and unknowingly consenting to a full on background check from the day that they were born all the way to the present. In Clinton’s case the private mail server did more harm than good because it ultimately it shows that she had something to hide and when running for any political position or