Reference no: EM132110866

For the purposes of this project, choose from one of the following model agencies:

a) a sheriff's department with less than 75 employees,

b) a municipal court in a county with a population of approximately 100,000,

c) a medium-security transitional center with 500 beds, or

d) a juvenile probation office in a large metropolitan community.

Your task is to create an informative PowerPoint presentation for community members and colleagues who have little to no knowledge about computer crime or the available computer security options.

The presentation should contain the following:

1) Cover the related ethical considerations about the handling of data-especially sensitive or personal data. The readings identify some of the ethical concerns, but there are others.

Consider doing independent research about the contemporary concerns that relate to law enforcement and data. For example, the 4th Amendment prohibits the police from seeking certain information about citizens unless there is a court order allowing the violation of privacy.

However, there are commercial entities that have "mined" data and could sell that same information to law enforcement entities.

Are there ethical concerns here? What about utility bills and other records pertaining to services used in a home? Should policing agencies have access to the amount of electricity consumed within an address?

Should Google be assisting governmental agencies by providing search histories from citizens? The user agreement allows Google to database such information.

Is it acceptable for this data to be shared or sold to police?

2) Explain computer crime. Define it using scholarly definitions (and not the casual and incorrect versions found in casual language). Include the various categories of computer crime and the extent to which each type of computer crime affects the average citizen, the cost to businesses, and possibly even issues of homeland security.

The discussion should not include stalking or bullying, as these are not within the academic definition of computer crime. Take care not to confuse or co-mingle the terms cyber-crime with computer crime, as these are not the same thing.

3) Inform the audience about the various tools that are available to enhance the security of the data on one's personal computer, as well as the personal data that is unavoidably in the hands of varies entities, such as schools, healthcare providers, utility companies, online businesses, or banks.

The audience should be made aware of what information they are required to share and what is not required-specifically the number of entities that can compel production of the social security number is far fewer than the number who are asking for it.