Persuasive Essay On Cybertheft

Information Technology is everywhere. In our phones, appliances, computers, televisions and the list goes on. The United States must balance the need for ever expanding use of technology and the associated risk of the same. As a country we must protect what's become one of our most valuable resources while we expand its use to further the benefits to our government, employers and citizens. The infrastructure of the united states have become overly dependent on technology to function day to day.

In today’s day and age, cyberattacks are becoming more prominent and effective in gaining intelligence, stealing private information and causing widespread personal and governmental concern. Many people have heard the term cyberattack before, but most do

The U.S. Department of Defense claims it was hit by 10 million cyber attacks per day in 2012. The National Nuclear Security Administration, reported 10 million cyber attacks as well in 2013.

The us government will invest over 19 billion dollars in cyber security for 2017. An overall 35% increase over the budget for 2016.

By the year 2021 cyber crime will cause six trillion dollars per year in financial damage and increase of three trillion dollars from 2015. Over the next five years, annual spending for cybersecurity will exceed one trillion dollars annually. Unfortunately by the year 2019 1.5 million cyber security jobs will remain unfilled. As a result cyber security unemployment rate is zero and is the fastest growing profession in the United States.

As more and more people go online around the world especially in third world countries, their sheer numbers pose a significant threat to global cyber security. Criminals will seek out these new online connections for botnets to attack IT systems globally. By the year 2020, two hundred billion devices will be connected to the internet, so cyber thieves will grow in numbers to access these