Internet Safety

Internet Safety is the new Neighborhood Watch. Near the end of the 1960s, crime rates rose in many neighborhoods across the United States. The National Sheriff’s Association created the National Neighborhood Watch Program in 1972 to involve citizens in protecting their neighborhoods (NNW, n.d., para 2). The Neighborhood Watch has since become part of our culture. As the internet grew, so too did its potential for harming groups and individuals. Internet groupings are our modern neighborhoods. How do we keep them safe?

Network Security

Information and system security are important to individuals because so much personal and financial information resides on information systems that are inherently vulnerable to compromise. Information and system security are important to organizations for the same reason, but also important because the success of developed countries depends on the secure operation of systems that support utilities, finances, and government (Zwass, 2016, Information Systems Security). Countries depend on organizations, and organizations depend on individuals. All depend on information systems to manage and control activities in the modern economy.