· Identity and Access Management (IAM): this is the process used in businesses and organizations to grant or deny employees and others authorization to secure systems. IAM verifies user access requests and either grant or denies permission to protected company materials.  

· Smart City is a designation given to a city that incorporates information and communication technologies (ICT) to enhance the quality and performance of urban services such as energy, transportation, and utilities in order to reduce resource consumption, wastage, and overall smart City

After watching Marc Goodman’s short video, some things stood out to me. The first point that stood out to me was that Goodman mentioned that most criminals better understand your technology than you do, and they can use it against you, which is pretty scary. This is important to my group as we heavily rely on technology and always use it for essential activities. With this, there is much danger associated with technology, and most of us do not know how to protect ourselves against it, which can lead to personal information or identity being stolen. This brings me to the second point, where he mentioned that it has become so easy for cybercriminals and hackers just to send a text to us or an email, and just by opening/clicking it, these cybercriminals and hackers can get all of our private information. This is also relevant to my group as most of us have not been educated on digital safety, making us vulnerable to these attacks. The third point I find interesting is that during the case mentioned in the video, the girl whose computer was hacked, and the hacker held her photos against her in favor of sexual acts, reported it to authorities, and they were able to track him and bring him down. What I find interesting about this is that from my previous cybercrimes course, I learned that cybercrimes such as this are often underreported due to the fear of embarrassment and learning that she stood up to him and contacted authorities is interesting. Also, if she had ignored it, the hacker could have negatively impacted her life as these hackers, in my opinion, are very powerful and can gain access to all of your info which a few clicks. Overall, I agree with Marc Goodman’s points as society has gotten really at using tech, we use it all the time, but we do not understand the risks associated with them and cannot protect ourselves from the risks. Also, I agree that criminals are much more advanced than us at using technology, which easily allows them to prey on those who are not tech-savvy or those who do not understand digital privacy/safety.         

 

This week’s lecture was very interesting. It had much new information which I did not know about, and I learned a lot from it. From this lecture, I learned about the CIA TRIAD, and the overall goal of Information Security is to maintain confidentiality, integrity, and availability. I also learned about INFOSEC, which is s a crucial part of cybersecurity, but it refers exclusively to the processes designed for data security. Cybersecurity is a more general term that includes InfoSec. In this lecture, we did a POR exercise where we discussed if “People are the weakest link in the information security chain.” I agreed with this as in the end, we are all human, and we all make mistakes which, and we also often lack knowledge about digital safety and privacy. Due to this, there will always be people trying to take advantage of our mistakes and our lack of knowledge for their benefit. Here is an article that displays how humans are the weakest link by human error.
https://globalnews.ca/news/7386270/human-error-gate-opening-cleveland-dam/