Managing Information Systems: Terrorism as a Critical Threat

This essay identifies terrorism as a significant physical threat to information systems, emphasizing its impact on personal data and the increasing problem of sabotage. It highlights that hackers use malware tools and the internet to attack computer networks and databases, leading to cybercrimes and data breaches. Real-world examples such as the Facebook Cambridge Analytica breach are cited to illustrate the severity of these threats. The essay concludes that the rapid growth of information technology usage exacerbates the problem of hacking and terrorism, as hackers target physical devices to encrypt user data files.

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Question: What do you think is the single greatest physical threat to information
systems?
According to my opinion terrorism is one of the greatest physical threats to
information system because it impacts on the personal data or information of
consumers. Moreover, terrorism also increases the problem of sabotage in the field of
information system. A recent study identified that terrorism is one of the common
problems occur in the information system and hackers attack the computer devices and
networks for obtaining their private details (Kenney, 2015). Malware and cyber-crimes
both these are involved in the terrorism and hackers use malware tools for damaging
their computer networks. in this modern era, consumers use internet connectivity while
accessing information system and technologies which is also associated with the cyber-
crimes and terrorism because hackers use the internet as a platform for hacking private
databases of consumers.
Facebook Cambridge analytica, git-hub, uber data breach, yahoo cyber-attack all
these are real examples of terrorism where hackers attack the information systems and
computers. In which Facebook Cambridge analytica is one of the largest data breach
attacks in the history of terrorism and numbers of users were suffered from the
sabotage and cyber-crimes (Little Field, 2017). Therefore, all these evidence show that
terrorism is one of the largest physical threats in the information system which also
increases the rate of cyber-crimes and sabotage. In this modern era, the use of
information technology is growing rapidly which also increase the problem of hacking
and terrorism because hackers attack the physical devices for encrypting user’s data
files.

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References
Kenney, M. (2015). Cyber-terrorism in a post-stuxnet world. Orbis, 59(1), 111-128.
Little Field (2017). Cyber Terrorism: understanding and preventing acts of terror within
our cyberspace. Retrieved from: https://littlefield.co/cyber-terrorism-
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