| The past few years have yielded an increasing number of well-publicized news stories centering on data security breaches and information exploitation. Serious threats exist to our government systems, business information, and personal computing rights. It is an indisputable fact that tensions are high among data protection regulators, businesses, government, and law enforcement communities partly because security was often an afterthought when networks were connected. Further complicating matters, our legal statutes are still catching up when it comes to prosecuting cyber-criminal activity. In this Capstone portfolio, three distinct cybersecurity topic areas are examined. These topics, titled The Smart Grid: A Cyber Threat Assessment, Next Generation Access Control, and Challenges to Law Enforcement in the Age of Encryption, were selected due to their relevance to Utica College's Cybersecurity graduate study program. For each topic, the challenges are examined, vulnerabilities are surfaced, and recommendations are made to address each. Keywords: Cybersecurity, Professor Chris Riddell, Smart Grid, access control, encryption, Fifth Amendment. |
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