Writing Homework Help

Most individuals have at one time or another received a phishing email claiming to be from someone of great importance who needs money and, if transferred, will ensure personal riches for the sender. Although it is known that these emails are frauds, unfortunately, they sometimes do work! This is not the only scam being perpetrated either; for example, fake PayPal, Bank of America, etc. phishing emails are abundant.

Scenario: We have targeted a company with 1,000 employees spread out over five locations. In this instance, we have discovered that the company deals with insurance claims for the health care industry. As most know, health care companies or companies that deal with private health care information must be compliant to certain government regulations, including HIPAA.

Your job is to design a Social Engineering Scenario (pretext) that will be used for employee training to combat phishing.

1. Research the applicable federal and state cyber laws in regards to phishing or pretext.
2. Using the research, design a social engineering pretext, making it as realistic as possible, that includes applicable federal and state cyber laws. Your pretext should reflect industry-standard technical writing.
3. In a 500- to 750-word document, describe the role of cybersecurity in supporting and encouraging ethics, as well as where cybersecurity practices can cause ethical conflicts, such as social engineering pretext scenarios.
4. Refer to the required readings for additional insight into the development of a pretext.