Cybercrime: criminal activities carried out by means of computers or the Internet. The Pentagon: the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the United States military Phishing: the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

1. National Security During
Covid
Jag Jennings

2. Keywords
Cybercrime: criminal activities carried out by
means of computers or the Internet.
The Pentagon: the headquarters building of
the United States Department of Defense and a symbol of the United States military
Phishing: the fraudulent practice of sending emails purporting to be from reputable companies in
order to induce individuals to reveal personal information, such as passwords and credit card numbers.

3. U.S. Preparedness
- 56% believe the
United States was
fully unprepared for
the outbreak

4. COVID’s Effect in the U.S.
- Medical:
- Over 1 Million infected
- Over 70,000 dead
- Economic:
- 30 Million have filed for unemployment claims
- Stock Market Crash
- Businesses Forced to Close/File Bankruptcy
- Cybercrime:
- FBI complaints have risen from 1,000 a day to 3,000 to 4,000 a day
- Networks of government agencies and private companies compromised
- Surge attacks on The Pentagon, COVID-19 Research Centers

5. Allocation of Government Funds
- 93% believe
Medical
Care/Research
and Economic
Recovery should
be prioritized over
National Security

6. Defense Department Funding
- Current Budget of $738 Billion
- Defense undersecretary for acquisition and sustainment Ellen Lord is working with the White
House’s Office of Management and Budget to determine how much it will request in the next
COVID-19 funding bill
- House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith of Washington believes the $738 Billion
Budget should be enough for all their needs
- Does not support more funding for the Defense Department in the next recovery bill
- Earlier this year, the Pentagon reprogrammed $3.8 Billion to pay for the border wall

7. How COVID-19 Has Affected National Security
- 93% believe our
National Security
is more at risk
than before the
outbreak

8. Personal Interview Quote
“With any national or global crisis, there will be an uptick in hackers
and others that use cyberinfrastructure to exploit circumstances. As
such, I believe there will be (and has been) an increase.”
- Matthew Hayes, Xavier University CS Department

9. How COVID-19 Has Affected Personal Security
- 81% believe their
personal data is
more at risk than
before the
outbreak

10. Government Response to Attacks
- The outbreak has “exposed some genuine gaps in military planning and
readiness.”
- Former Assistant Defense Secretary Derek Chollet
- Navy is currently working to expand its servers’ ability to accommodate
more workers in the coming weeks
- The way our military thinks about warfare has been completely altered in the
face of cybercrime