Essay On Cyber Security Is Crucial

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Introduction:....................................................................................................................................2
Background Knowledge:.................................................................................................................2
Ethical issues in article:...................................................................................................................4
Ethical Decision...........................................................................................................................6
Conclusion:......................................................................................................................................7
References........................................................................................................................................8

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Introduction:
Cyber security is a major issue of present era. From last two decades, internet is highly used for
data transfers and different services. Internet is a base of many industries, such as share market,
retails, hospitality, education, and healthcare. Everyone is using internet in their daily life for
different purposes, such as shopping, travelling (Cab Services), education, and many others
(ACSC, 2017).
Data is a raw material, which is collected from different things. It is processed then it gets
converted into information. Information is a confidential and important element which can be
used for illegal purposes. There are many issues with the personal information of customers
(BWISE, 2018).
This report will explain about the ‘Collection 1’ data breach in which a file distributed on
hacking websites. That file is having unique email addresses of 773 million people and more
than 22 million passwords. It will also explain about the ethical theories and their uses in
different situations.
These data are used for marketing and cybercrimes. It is an unethical way to access email
accounts of different persons (Andrijcic & Horowitz, 2016). This report will describe about the
article “Business hack warning as 'honey pots of data' targeted” of The Sydney Morning Herald
new paper, which is published on 22 January 2019 by Emma Koehn ( Koehn, 2019).
Background Knowledge:
Present era is majorly based on the computer systems. Most of the organizations require internet
and other things for different services. For an example, during travelling, cab services require
internet connection. There are many things, which require personal data for login or sign-in in a
system. That personal data is stored in database of that particular system. However, every system
is providing full security to that personal data ( Matteo & Floridi, 2009).
Australian businesses have cyber security facility in their systems for securing customer’s
information. It they are warned for it and they must inform about breaches to the cyber security
help lines. The Australia Cyber Security Centre (ACSC) has announced about a hack in which