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Monday, 18 April 2011

Ethics and security









Week Five - Ethics and Security
Explain the ethical issues surrounding information technology.
Describe a situation involving technology that is ethical but illegal.
Describe and explain one of the computer use policies that a company might employee
What are the 5 main technology security risks?
Outline one way to reduce each risk.
What is a disaster recovery plan, what strategies might a firm employee?
Ethical issues surrounding information technology  

  1) copyright issues
 
interlectual property issues

                                                   fair use doctrine

 
                  pirated software
 
                                                  


counterfiet software


ethical but ellegal



 an example of an ethical situation but elligal would be 



5 main technology security risks

1) human error

2) natural disaters



3) techinical failure



4) hackers inside



5) management failure


Outline one way to reduce each risk.
 human error........training and developemnt
natural disasters.......back up system
techinical failure.......contigency plan
hackers......................change password reguraly
management failure......training and development




dissater recovery plan.



Data recovery plan is the process of regaining acees to information database after a disaster.
The plan contains things like comunivation plan, business contituity plan, back up location, alterternave sites. These mist be well documented  and reguraly tested.














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