Hsm497: Homeland Security & Emergency Management Capstone

Literature review and variablesRa’Shad D. Patrick HSM497: Homeland Security & Emergency Management Capstone (CAN1633A)Professor Amy RickeyAugust 20, 2016NameProject ManagementTutor’s Name26/01/2013Research Hypothesis and variablesIn this research the following hypothesis will be usedCan citizens online privacy strengthen cyber securityThe first variable that can confirm, answer or refute the research hypothesis is the attitude of citizens towards their own personal information security. Citizens have to express the level of control they have on the way their personal data is collected and managed by companies. The level of control is a measure of the sense of online privacy that citizens feel they have. Society has always had concerns on confidentiality and this is more so in the era of digital databases and growth in personal information collected by companies. It is believed that Personal Identifiable Information (PII) is under continual threat of exposure and disclosure by individuals willing to commit privacy violation to PII this CITATION SGh10 \l 7177 (Ghosh & Turrini, 2010). This variable will be measured by the number of individuals who agree or disagree with the question that citizens have