The Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service

The Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service Introduction In 2013, Edward Snowden a NSA employee started revealing large number of documents detailing surveillance intelligence by his employer and other agencies around the world. These disclosures exposed a colossal surveillance program that involved interception of email and other Internet communications and phone call tapping. Some of it appears illegal, while other revelations show the US spying on friendly nations like Brazil during various international summits. The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff, condemned NSA's spying as a breach of international law in a speech to the United Nations General Assembly. In protest, she also cancelled a planned visit to Washington. In this paper, I outlined the proposed business ethical problem that the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service is presently experiencing, I also made a decision on whether Brazil’s problem is an ethical one that should be corrected. Furthermore, this research paper will examine the levels of security deficiencies inherent in the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service original enterprise architecture and a conclusion was made on whether not Brazil could have previously considered its current problem and built an original architecture that would have prevented the problem in question (Strayer University Course Materials, 2015). The Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service Business ethical problem that the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service is presently experiencing In the multifaceted global business atmosphere of the 21st century, Governments and organizations of every size face a multitude of ethical issues. For the foreseeable future, it does not appear that the scope and frequency of ethical issues in regard to data breaches will decrease, even as budgets to combat the phenomenon are rising rapidly (TrustWave Security, Inc.). The most essential ethical issues that the Brazilian Federal Data Processing Service is presently experiencing are integrity and trust. Kenneth V. Oster, Demand Media stated that “A basic understanding of integrity includes the idea of conducting business affairs with honesty and a commitment to treating every customer fairly”. When customers in this case Brazil perceives that a company (United States) is not exhibiting an unwavering commitment to ethical business practices, a low level of trust can develop between them. From this case, even the Brazilian president, Rousseff, protested to NSA activities and has predicted a poor online relation with the U.S. The second element describing a business ethical problem in this case is the fact that the software handling the government data services is not effective (Constantin, 2014). However, even the network administrators may take blame for not realizing what their system can...

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