Peer Responses Week 5

LDR 201 (MLA FORMAT)

Ryan: If I were a new leader and I saw one of my employees, who has health problems sleeping. I would wake him up and have him go into my office. I want to make sure that he is doing alright. If he is sleeping because of his health conditions, I think it is best to send him home with full day’s pay, if he is not paid salary. I think it is best to handle this in an empathetic manner. I am sure that if he is tired enough to sleep at work, he has a good reason to sleep. However, I will ask that he does not take advantage of this. I think that it is important to approach this with a manner of authentic service leadership. “Build a foundation of genuine leadership with self-leadership, self-responsibility and self-trust” (Leading with Authenticity). If Jack was not one of my direct reports, I would tell his manager and have him deal with it. If it is not my responsibility, it is better to not get involved.

Works Cited

“Leading with Authenticity: Profound Difference between Management and Leadership Comes from Self-Reflection.” 
The Spectator, Sep 18 2015, 
ProQuest. Web. 12 Sep. 2024 . 

Samantha: I would pull Jack aside privately and ask him if something is going on in his personal life. I would explain that sleeping at his desk is not allowed and can cause issues in the future if it happens again but just making sure that everything is okay first because everyone makes mistakes and is human. I would also make sure that Jack isn’t carry to large of a work load from the company. If other people were to have to be involved in the situation, I would involve HR or management so that one conversation can be had and to have guidance on where to go from there on. If Jack was not one of my direct reports I would not intervene with Jack but I would discuss with a manager or HR so that they can handle how they see fit for Jack.  For both positions I would be very respectful and empathize that although things may be going on we have to try our best to not let it affect our job.

HSE 410 (APA FORMAT)

Kaitlin: According to the required reading this week, hate crimes can be defined as criminal actions committed against another person, property, or society due to a person(s) race, religion, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, or sexual orientation. The definition of hate crime varies due to the broad scope of a hate crime. The way hate groups spread their propaganda of hate is through the internet via music, games, and pictures. The reading this week discussed the game 
Border Patrol being a game that encourages the player to shoot and kill any Hispanics that attempt to cross the border into the United States. By playing this game, listening to hateful music, or even seeing hate crime video creates a person to become desensitized. The issue with desensitization of violence provoked hate crimes creates a normalcy of the crimes being committed. The Patriot Act can be used to combat cyber-terrorism by using the wiretapping method to phones and emails. This allows a larger scale of sneak and peek method to be used to cyber criminals by tracking their contacts and information that is being shared in effort to combat cyber-terrorism. The Patriot Act allows officials to gather information without strict guidelines on what is allowed to gather and waiting to obtain jurisdictional approval. With cyber-terrorism, there is an issue with jurisdictional laws that may prohibit the ability to gather information but the Patriot Act allows the investigation to be conducted.

Reference

Taylor, R. W., Fritsch, E. J., Saylor, M. R., & Tafoya, W. L. (2018). 
Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism (4th ed.). Pearson Education (US). 

https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780134846583

Tomesha:  How can hate crimes be defined?  Hate crimes are defined as criminal offenses. They are committed by a group or individual who has racist intentions or motivations. They aim for people based on race, religion, disability, ethnic origin, or sexual orientation. Anything that they do not believe in.

How are some ways hate groups spread their propaganda of hate? White supremacists use the internet to disperse hate. They use the internet to draft prospects. Racists aim for the youth through music, video games and the way they dress. Some rock singers/groups are sponsored by extremists, and they recruit at their concerts. Some video games encourage and teach racism for recruitment. Hate groups create their own websites to reach the population as well.

How can the Patriot Act be used to combat cyber-terrorism? The Patriot Act can be used to allow more secret searches/investigations. The Act helps with surveillance and wire taps, without interfering with the citizens’ rights.

Citation

Taylor, R. W., Fritsch, E. J., Saylor, M. R., & Tafoya, W. L. (2018). Cyber Crime and Cyber Terrorism (4th ed.). Pearson Education (US). https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9780134846583

HSE 490 (APA FORMAT)

Spencer:   Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) is a special kind of private data that is important for homeland security because it is in a key area between protected and public information. It includes in-depth understanding of important assets, systems, and networks that are needed for the safety, health, and income of the country. This includes details about weak spots, how things work, how they depend on each other, and what can be done to protect areas like water, energy, transportation, communications, healthcare, and finance. The importance of CII lies in its ability to show holes or give information that could be used to harm or upset vital infrastructure if it gets into the wrong hands. But because it’s not classified, it can be shared with the right people, like government agencies, private sector partners, and first responders. This makes it easier to coordinate security efforts and act effectively to incidents. When information is labeled as CII, its sensitivity and possible effects on national security must be carefully weighed against the need to share information to make the system more resilient as a whole. This delicate balance makes it hard to share and handle information, especially when working with people from other countries whose meanings and classifications may be different. The idea that CII can be thought of as metadata or studied data shows how useful it is for making decisions and planning how to protect vital assets. In the end, managing CII is a complicated mix of risk assessment, information security, and working together to protect the country’s most important tools and assets.

     From the point of view of national security, Critical Infrastructure Information (CII) is made up of five main categories that describe what it is and how important it is. The first criterion covers information that is directly linked to specific data, tasks, or operations of any key infrastructure or its field. This information gives important details about how these important systems work and what risks they face. The second factor includes information that comes from or is loosely linked to the daily operations of vital infrastructure. This information should show how dynamic these systems are and how they are always working. The third factor is geographic and geospatial information. This includes important details about where key infrastructure sites are, how to get to them, and where people can enter and leave them. This information is necessary for both protecting these sites and figuring out what threats they might face. The fourth requirement expands the definition to include any information indirectly connected to critical infrastructure that has been officially named “protected critical infrastructure information” under the Critical Infrastructure Information Act of 2002 or recognized as such by the Department of Homeland Security. This makes sure that all sensitive data is covered. The last factor looks at new or previously known information that could be used to attack, disable, or weaken key infrastructure. This includes specifics about how the infrastructure could be attacked or harmed. This broad definition makes sure that a lot of different types of information that is important for the safety and resilience of critical infrastructure is found, kept safe, and managed properly. This makes it easier for homeland security officials to assess risks, stop threats, and plan how to respond.

References

Radvanovsky, R. S., & McDougall, A. (2018). Critical Infrastructure (4th ed.). Taylor & Francis. https://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/books/9781351674898