Computer Science: An Overview (13th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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“Yes”, it is our responsibility to lock the house in such a way that intruders cannot get in. However, public also has moral duty not to enter a house unless invited.
“Yes”, it is the duty of the operating system developers to safeguard the access to computer and its content so that that it cannot be leaked out by the hackers.
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- Operating system security is the process of ensuring integrity, confidentiality and availability.
- Information insecurity costs billions in terms of information theft, financial theft, etc. Hacking leads to productivity loss, both when networks stop working and in dozens of minor security inconvenience that have to be endured.
- It is the responsibility of operating system to create a protection system which ensures that the user who is running that particular program is authentic...
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Computer Science: An Overview (13th Edition) (What's New in Computer Science)
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