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PART ONE
· 500 words
· 3 sources
· APA Format
1. Why should people care about password security? 
2. Can computer hacking be justified under extraordinary circumstances. Imagine that you will have to break into a neighbor’s car in order to drive a friend, who will otherwise die, to the hospital. You are morally obligated to save a person’s life when it is in your power to do so. You are also obligated to obey the law, which forbids breaking into someone’s motor vehicle. How would your decision in this case be similar or different from determining whether to break into the computer database containing the medical information needed to save someone’s life?  Research HIPPA. How would this effect your decision, or would it?  Can this be justified in a court of law. See if you are able to find similar cases in regard to computer hacking.
3. What is cyberstalking? Research cyberstalking/harassment by communication laws in your state. What would you do, if anything to improve the laws. There are 3 states that currently do not have laws. If you live in one of those states please choose a state to research. Find a case from your state.
PART 2
· 500 words
· 3 sources
· APA Format
1. Find a case involving social engineering. Be sure to explain the case. In this day an age do you believe people still become a victim of social engineering. 

2. Identify and describe four types of countermeasures  that can be used to enhance computer security.

3. What is cyberstalking?  Research the Megan Meier case.  Do you agree with the ruling? 

At the time of the Megan Meier suicide, the state of Missouri had the below laws: 

SB 0758 – Revises Law Relating to Computer Crimes 
565.090 – Includes reference to communications by any means in crime of harassment. 
565.225 – Revises definition of “credible threat” relating to crime of stalking to include certain written, electronic or telephonic communications, or certain postings of a site or message. 

SB 0070 and SB 255 – Prohibits certain fraudulent use of the Internet effective August 28, 2001 

SCS/SBs 70 & 255 – This act prohibits a person from operating an Internet website which causes another person’s computer to dial a telephone number for which a charge is assessed without the other person’s consent. A violation is a Class A misdemeanor unless the long distance charges exceed five hundred dollars, in which case the violation is a Class C felony. The act provides for venue where the victim resides or where the crime occurred. This portion of the act is similar to SB 70. 

The act also adds electronic mail messages as a method by which a person may commit the crime of harassment, and prohibits the use of electronic mail to send obscene or indecent commercial messages. This provision is similar to SB 255 

Do you think that they should have used these laws to prosecute Drew? 

4. Can you become a victim of cyberstalking without using technology?   

SOURCES
Article- Cyber-defense: A taxonomy of tactics for managing cyberstalking. Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 32(10), 1451-1475. doi:10.1177/0886260515589564 Retrieved August 20, 2017 from http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/doi/full/10.1177/0886260515589564
 Article- Exploring cognitive decision-making processes, computer focused cyber deviance involvement and victimization: The role of thoughtfully reflective decision making. Journal of Research in Crime and Delinquency, 54(5), 639-679. doi:10.1177/0022427817693036 Retrieved August 20, 2017 from http://journals.sagepub.com.ezproxy1.apus.edu/doi/full/10.1177/0022427817693036
Video- When does “Stalking” become a crime? Retrieved August 16, 2017 from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XJe_xCd9-Y&feature=youtu.be 
Video- Cyber Harassment and Cyber Stalking: The New Frontier of Civil Rights in the Twenty-First Century. (2015, February 27). Retrieved August 20, 2017, from https://youtu.be/oPXd0dezoAI