Deviance in Cyber Security

Name: Isis Jordan

Date: March 24, 2019

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Businesses strive to make the work environment comfortable for every employee. That includes the teamwork between each employee to help with the productivity. But the size of the organization does not matter or is prone to deviant behavior. Deviance can occur in every workplace.

Aggressive behavior is one form of deviance. Cyber stalking has become more common in the world. Physically stalking someone is not enough especially when they post everything they do online. In the cyber world this is someone who constantly keeps tabs on a person, where they are, what they eat, follows their exact moves online. This is unwanted obsessive attention to a specific person. Cyber stalking can also lead to cyber harassment. Using the technology in a workplace to harass, manipulate a coworker or business. And this can happen in a workplace, especially if the business uses some form of messenger for their employees.

Abuse of the business’s property is another form of deviance. Employees who use their work computers for accessing social media gives hackers an opportunity to attack the businesses system. Using the businesses computers for any personal use can create a window for hackers. Also Leaking passwords to other coworkers who can cause damage to the business.

Another Deviance in Cyber security is unproductive behavior. When in the Cyber security world being unproductive is not a choice. An employee has to constantly be on their toes to fight and catch any cyber-attack that the company may face. Being lazy can allow hackers to attack undetected causing a lot of damage to the business. Educating employees is important also. If they are not properly educated, then the business will be at a high risk. Unproductive behavior cannot happen in cyber security.

References

Joseph, Chris. “What Are Common Kinds of Workplace Deviance?” Small Business – Chron.com, Chron.com, 21 Nov. 2017, smallbusiness.chron.com/common-kinds-workplace-deviance-10178.html.

Sterneckert, Alan B. “Cyber Deviance.” SC Media, 5 July 2018, www.scmagazine.com/home/security-news/cyber-deviance/.