ISM 3004 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Scavenger Hunt, Pickpocketing, Antivirus Software

• School: University of Florida
• Department: Information Systems and Operations Management
• Course: ISM 3004
• Professor: Eric Olson

Document Summary

Scavenger hunt week 12 information security, part 1. 12. 01-information security introduction: two reasons to secure data, security: something of value that needs to be protected, possessions, people, reputation. Information security: data, privacy regulations (contains private information) Data asset (most valuable asset a company can have- competitive advantage: additional reasons to secure information systems themselves, in addition to their data. 12. 03-vulnerability basics: what does it mean for something to be vulnerable ? (oxford dictionary: to be susceptible to harm or attack, data (raw data, facts, and figures) What was the impact: one stolen laptop, exposure: name, ssn, birth date for 26. 5 million people. Lawsuit setlement: million ( to million to protect in the future) 12. 05-technological vulnerabilities: software bugs, what is a bug , programming flaw or oversight. Why is each a problem: user passwords, sticky notes, guessable (password recovery must be hard to determine as well for your challenge questions)