Plan of Action

Step 1:
Awareness

(1) Awareness

• In order to improve situation, must understand it
• Research teams such as those at McGill (Gabriella Coleman) and the recent report, "Hacktivism and the Government of British Colombia," from UVic
• Monitor trends within hacktivism

Step 2: Indentify

(2) Identify

• Gov. must identify issues in BC that may attract hacktivists
• Implement laws encouraging the "liberty of the internet"

Step 3: Security

(3) Security

• Implement secuity practices to
• (A) Manage ressources
• (B) Protect information

Step 4: Public Support

(4) Public Support

• Engaging and educating
• Country divided on issue
• (53% against hacktivists)
• Teach difference between hackers and hacktivists
• Humanize

Step 5: Engage

(5) Engage

• Work with hacktivists (GhostSec, KnightSec)
• Employ talents in productive ways
• Regulate

We are [all] legion.

Works Cited

• Beach, Morgan, ed. Hacktivism and the Government of British Columbia. Victoria: U of Victoria, 2012. Print.
• Coleman, Gabriella. Hacker, Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous. London: Verso, 2014. Print.
• Vamosi, Robert. "How Hacktivism Affects Us All." PC World: 37-38. Canadian Reference Centre. Web. 29 Jan. 2016.