Homeland Security Activities and Programs in Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection

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Running head: HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN
CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
Homeland Security Activities and Programs in Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection
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HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN CYBERSECURITY
AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
Homeland Security Activities and Programs in Cybersecurity and Privacy Protection
Identification of a Research Question
The research question that can be framed with regard to the issue of Homeland Security and
Emergency Management has been provided below:
 How are the Homeland Security’s Activities and Programs providing Cyber Security
and Privacy Protection to the US population?
The cyber threat is one of the biggest issues in the world. In the modern era, the
majority of the banks, business firms and federal organizations among others have
incorporated its daily activities on the online platform. Hence, any type of cyber attacks may
lead to the destruction of data, thereby creating major difficulties in the lives of innocent
people. With respect to the banks, the hackers or may make use of their skills to illegally
transfer the money from the accounts of its customers. Similarly, terrorists can upload a
computer virus in the US government server. For this above-mentioned reason, the
government of the US established Homeland Security service to restrict the occurrence of any
kind of terrorist activity within the nation. Without the Homeland security, people of the US
may face a serious issue at the time of using the internet (DHS, 2018; Painter, 2017; Ehlen,
Sanyal, & Pepple, 2016). Addressing the research question may thus help in exploring the
activities and the programs of Homeland security in the US It will also help in analyzing the
various cybersecurity processes along with the protection of Homeland security to overcome
the issues related to the cyber threat from the roots. It may simultaneously help in exploring
the success rate of Homeland security pertaining to the provision of safeguarding the U.S
population

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HOMELAND SECURITY ACTIVITIES AND PROGRAMS IN CYBERSECURITY
AND PRIVACY PROTECTION
Formulation of Research Hypotheses
Hypothesis 1
H0: Homeland Security of America provides the population with adequate security against
Cyberthreat
H1: Homeland Security of America does not provide adequate security to the people against
Cyberthreat
Homeland Security can be regarded as a law enforcement agency of the US, which
works for the prevention of the terrorist attacks. Majorly, it has been observed that the
Homeland Security safeguards the US population from terrorism and its impacts in the short
as well as long run. In the recent era, cyber terrorism can be considered as one of the major
issues throughout the world. The US government has provided the required amount of
security on cyber crimes with the help of the agency associated with Homeland Security
(Kiltz, 2011).
Contextually, it needs to be noted that the Homeland Security of the US organizes
various activities as well as programs to provide the population therein with strong
cybersecurity and privacy protection. This hypothesis further aims to explore the
cybersecurity related operations of the Homeland Security so as to be able to prevent cyber
threats within the region. At the same time, the security limitations regarding cyber threats
and unexpected cyber risk prevention technique can also be explored based on the testing of
this hypothesis.
Hypothesis 2
H0: Activities and Programs of Homeland Security prevents cyber threat in the US