Question

This week, in lieu of your essay, I would like you to prepare me a memorandum as-if you were a National Security Staff Subject-Matter Expertise. Specifically, a staffer on the cyberspace team within the NSS. I would like you to draft this memo to me - as if I'm the National Security Advisor to the President, and you are providing me guidance on areas within the National Security Strategy where we may have "missed the mark."

In your memorandum, I would like you to discuss what areas in te National Security Strategy are lacking, are accurately, focused, and/or discuss what changes you would make to the areas concerning cyberspace, cyber-terrorism, etc.

We are only five-months past the publishing of this strategy, but I would like you to critique the focus and content, assess and evaluate by levying outside sources, and provide senior-level guidance and recommendations.

Answer 1

Note: This response is in UK English, please paste the response to MS Word and you should be able to spot discrepancies easily. You may elaborate the answer based on personal views or your classwork if necessary.

(Answer)

To: The National Security Advisor of the United States.

From: National Security Staff Member of the United States.

CC: National Security Staff – Cyberspace Team

Subject: Proposal plan for the cyberspace team of the NSS to adopt in order to update regulations for risk measures.

Recently, the nation and its public have been victims of misinformation, targeted or flawed perspective information and data theft. In modern times, data theft through the cyberspace is a convenient weapon in the hand of our enemies.

It is essential that the American public should have the freedom to decide who and what organisations have the right to obtain their personal information. In lieu of such threats, the NSS has drafted a proposed plan that would help ensure the American citizens that freedom and would avoid a violation of these rights within the cyberspace.

Overview of Proposal(s):

1. The American citizens should receive an alert each time a third-party is about to get their personal information. Applications and websites should allow the citizens to reject such offers and probes.
2. If and when their data is in the hands of another company, the American citizens should have the right to know which application or website has been responsible for handing over their data and to which company was it handed over. Furthermore, the American citizens should even know exactly what data about them has been sold.

This proposed plan has been drafted to help American citizens be more aware of the operation of websites and the possible use of their personal information. This might help them make an informed decision before submitting their data.