Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
Essentials of MIS (13th Edition)
13th Edition
ISBN: 9780134802756
Author: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane Laudon
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 1RQ
Program Plan Intro

System vulnerability:

  • When huge data amounts are been kept in electronic form, it becomes susceptible to many threats.
  • The information systems in many locations are been interconnected through communication networks.
  • The unauthorized access can occur at many access points in network and is not limited to single location.
  • The data flowing over networks could be accessed; valuable information could be stolen while transmission or data could be altered without authorization.
  • The denial-of-service attacks are launched by intruders to disrupt website operations.
  • Internets are vulnerable than internal networks as it is open to everyone.

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Malware:

  • A malware denotes a program that is harmful to a computer user.
  • It includes viruses, worms, Trojan horses and spyware programs that gather information without user permission.
  • Virus:
    • o A program that would replicate itself by being copied.
    • o It may initiate copying to another program, document or computer boot sector...

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Security problems created by hacker:

  • A hacker denotes an individual who gains unauthorized access to computer system.
  • It does so by finding security protection weakness in websites and computer systems...

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Computer crime with examples:

  • A computer crime denotes any violations of criminal law that involves knowledge of computer technology for perpetration, investigation or prosecution.
  • It is defined as commission of illegal acts through use of a computer or against computer system.
  • The examples with computers as crime targets are shown below:
    • o Confidentiality breach for protected computerized data.
    • o Unauthorized access to computer systems.
    • o Accessing protected computers for committing fraud.
    • o Accessing protected computers for causing damage intentionally...

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Identity theft and phishing:

  • Identity theft denotes a crime in which personal information pieces are obtained.
  • It includes social security number, license number or credit card number to act as behalf of someone else.
  • The information might be used for obtaining credit, merchandise or services in name of victim.
  • It is a big problem today as internet has made easy for identity thieves to use stolen information.
  • The goods could be purchased online without any personal interaction...

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Security and system reliability problems:

  • The employees create financial threats to business. It includes destruction of e-commerce sites, diversion of credit data and personal information.
  • Employees has access to privileged information and in presence of weak security procedures, they can check all personal details.
  • The system compromise happens when an employee lets coworker use the system...

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Software defects affect system reliability and security:

  • The software could fail to perform well or gives erroneous result because of undetected bugs.
  • A control system may fail to carry messages or allow internet access.
  • The customers may be wrongly charged due to such failures.
  • The business may order more inventory than it requires...

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