CJ and Cyber Security
Name: Isis Jordan
Date: April 6, 2019
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Crime will always be present. It will continue to be a flourishing business, especially in the technology world. Cyber security has not been around long, and when it was needed back then, the technology was not as advanced as it is today to prevent the crimes. That is where Criminal Justice came in to help in that field aspect.
Crime is an illegal act committed in violation of the criminal law without defense or justification and sectioned by the state as a felony or misdemeanor (Payne). Cyber Crime is an illegal act that involves cyber technologies that are in violation of the criminal law (Payne).
Cyber security and Criminal justice are becoming similar as the days go by. Everyday cybersecurity jobs are being added into criminal justice. This is because of the growing rate of cybercrime that we have. It is easily becoming the number one concern across all businesses and even the Government. (Staff)
Some examples of the new jobs being added is a Malware Analyst. Malware programs have the intention of stealing important data and crashing any system it gets into. The Malware Analyst monitor and familiar themselves with the different programs to exploit any weaknesses. Evaluate threats, testing, and conduct useful research (Staff)
Security System’s Engineer is another new job being added to criminal justice. They are in charge of maintaining the network and its infrastructure. Continuously monitoring security systems for any failures, and constantly debugging hardware (Staff).
Jobs in Criminal Justice that include cybersecurity are not limited to networking or IT. Cyber security professionals work in marketing department, and sales (Staff). There are no limits on where they are needed. There are also many cybersecurity courses taught in Criminal Justice Programs (Payne). Criminal Justice and Cyber Security mix with each other regarding their purpose and the jobs that fall under them. Both are there to prevent, protect, solve, and catch criminals.
References
Payne, Brian, and lora Hadzhidimova. “INPRESS at International Journal of Criminal Justice Sciences Cybersecurity and Criminal Justice: Exploring the Intersections.” Google Drive, Google, drive.google.com/file/d/1AJ5R5Ia7KLp7GK9Ndt6uAF6ESWYQ9HqI/view.
Staff. “What Cybersecurity Jobs Are in Criminal Justice?” Top Criminal Justice Degrees, www.topcriminaljusticedegrees.org/faq/what-cybersecurity-jobs-are-in-criminal-justice/.