Article Review

Article Review

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Article Review

Introduction

Technology is making progress by leaps and bounds in current times. This progress and advancement in various areas of science and technology has brought a great revolution in the lives of people. It has paved many new ways for mankind in many aspects. Technology has not only given millions of new inventions to the world but also speeded up various processes. A single task that was accomplished in many days previously, is now completed within some minutes. In addition to this, this advent in technology has also brought efficiency in many processes that are linked directly or indirectly to human life. A prominent example of this can be seen in the form of data management.

In previous times, it was very difficult to manage data. Various manual approaches were adopted for the management of data in different areas. Most of these approaches comprised of merely writing down the information on paper and keeping it safe after filing it. However, since the introduction of the latest technological practices, the approaches to store that data have also changed. Now the data or important information is entered and stored in soft form inside servers. The size of servers varies according to the size of the data. Although it has brought great convenience for the big organizations and companies to store and process the information, it has also placed a big responsibility on them. The following piece of writing will discuss the same issue of ethical responsibility of the organizations regarding the protection of the data of their clients. It will also discuss the case of data breach from a well-known organization or website and how the issue should have been addressed. Moreover, the research paper will look into the details of the Biblical worldview about the various perspectives of data protection.

Discussion

The article selected for the purpose of discussion for this research paper was published on the official news website of CBS news, earlier this year. This article was published with the title “Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on the Amazon cloud server” on April 4, 2019(Silverstein, 2019). As soon as the news was published, it sparked outrage all over the world. Millions of Facebook users protested against this negligence and demanded an explanation from the owner and CEO of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg.

Summary of the Article

The news article, titled “Hundreds of Millions of Facebook User Records Were Exposed on Amazon Cloud Server”, revealed many shocking facts about one of the biggest data breaches in the history of the world. Jason Silverstein, the correspondent of CBS news and the writer of the article, revealed that the biggest data breach involved two of the most important technological giants of the current time, Facebook and Amazon. The data breach involved the exposure of the data of more than 540 million users or subscribers of these social media websites. These figures were revealed by a well-known cybersecurity research team, UpGuard. This data breach involved the public exposure of the data of more than 540 million users of one of the biggest social media websites, Facebook and on the biggest online shopping website, Amazon.

Ethical Problem in the Use of the Data by the Organization (Facebook)

The data breach described in the article raised many questions on the security practices of one of the biggest social media websites, Facebook. There was strong outrage and anger among the users of Facebook. A similar reaction was observed from the users of Amazon as well. The experts in the area of cybersecurity pointed out some serious issues in data protection and security from the social media’s security team. The ethical standards of cybersecurity demand that the data of users is kept safe. But since the data breach incident of Facebook, people have stopped trusting the security practices of one of the biggest social media websites.

Relation of the Topic with the Biblical WorldviewThe Biblical Worldview or the Christian worldview is a practice that indicates how an individual, group of people or the whole world should behave in the light of the true Christian beliefs and teachings. The Holy Bible teaches us many things regarding privacy of information and guides us to keep the secrets of others as we like to keep our own secrets. An example of it can be found in the following verse of Luke chapter 6.

“Do to others as you would have them do to you” (Luke 6:31)

Conclusion

It can be concluded that data security is one of the major concerns regarding technology, especially data in the current times. Many companies and organizations that deal with big data take serious security measures in order to keep the data of their clients and customers safe. However, sometimes, this data is breached and the company has to bear a loss in the form of loss of customers, financial losses, and even legal and criminal investigation. Such a scenario has been described in a recent article published by CBS news under the title, “Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on Amazon cloud server”.

References

Hermenegilde, B. (2011). Do To Others As You Would Have Them Do To You" Analysis of Luke 6: 27-36. A Theological Challenge to Tribalism, Injustice and Poverty In Burundi.

Silverstein, J. (2019). Hundreds of millions of Facebook user records were exposed on Amazon cloud server. Retrieved 11 December 2019, from https://www.cbsnews.com/news/millions-facebook-user-records-exposed-amazon-cloud-server/