The search topic for the proposed research was explaining cyber attacks such as phishing and good methods to educate and prevent these attacks. It is important for me to find articles that explain what phishing is as well as what other types of attacks are out there. It is also important that I find article … Continue reading Saturation on Phishing and Other Cyber Attacks
In continuing my searches related to my research topic of “What do consumers understand about the steps required to secure their IoT devices?” I learned from the queries that I performed last week and refined them further with a Subject Term search that I felt would provide relevant results. From one of the articles … Continue reading Subject Term and Citation Tracking searches
My research topic is about different cyber attacks such as phishing and to prevent and protect against those attacks. I will explain what different kinds of attacks have been used by attackers and how they evolved over time. For the most part, the searches made finding a useful article hard to come by but there … Continue reading Citation and Subject Search for Cyber Attacks
Database: Computer Source Boolean Terms: Ransomware AND Cyberterrorism Results: 73 Potential Article: GEIER, E. (2014). Rescue your PC from ransomware. PCWorld, 32(3), 37–40. Subject Terms: COMPUTER security, MALWARE, CYBERTERRORISM, COUNTERTERRORISM, ANTI-malware, ANTIVIRUS software, COMPUTER viruses Annotation: This article discusses different ways to clear your PC of ransomware such as CryptoLocker and lock-screen viruses. If it may already be too late … Continue reading Advanced Search for Cyber Attacks
Search 1: Cyber security and Small Business Database Used: Academic Search Premier Boolean Term: Cyber security AND Small Business Limiters: Full Text Search Results: 136 Subject Terms: SMALL business. COMPUTER security. DATA protection. MANAGEMENT science. INFORMATION technology. INTELLECTUAL property infringement. Annotation: 80% of Small-To Medium-Sized Firms Fear a Security Threat. (2007). Computer Security Update, 8(4), … Continue reading Boolean searches AND Cyber Attacks