Question

List at least three major categories of cyber terrorism and/or information warfare. Among the chosen categories, determine the one that should be the top priority for the federal government to address. Provide a rationale to support your response. Among the different psychological theories, identify at least two that are relevant to cybercrime. Next, discuss the primary way in which society or an individual could use the psychological theories that you have identified to combat cybercrime. Justify your response.

Answer 1

Cyber terrorism and information warfare is a huge problem in the United States. Among all the different categories, I believe the three that stand out to me the most are as follows;

1. Psychological Operations

2. Electronic Warfare

3. Information Attacks

Of the above three, I believe that Information Attacks should be top priority for the federal government to address. Since the majority of our personal information all throughout the United States is stored on computers, information attacks could greatly harm the country. Since electronic files and/or computer systems are at risk during such attacks, I believe the federal government should find all loop holes to prevent these attacks.

Of the different psychological theories, I believe the two that are most relevant to digital crime are the Choice Theory and the Psychological Theory on Personality Disorders.

Since the Choice Theory is described as using the rationality of an individual, I think to combat digital crime using this theory we could create heavier punishments for offenders. This would help to deter current and/or future criminals.

With the Psychological Theory on Personality Disorders, it is discussed that certain psychological and personality disorders can influence individuals to commit crime. Therefore, I believe to use this theory in attempts to combat digital crime, we must properly medicate such individuals to return some normalcy within their chemical makeup.

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