ITM 309 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Information Security, Data Integrity, Intellectual Capital
Document Summary
Protecting intellectual assets: organizational information is intellectual capital - it must be protected. Information security the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside an organization: downtime refers to a period of time when a system is unavailable. Open access may l ead to data l oss or data i ntegri ty probl ems whi ch may l ead to producti vi ty l oss. Overl y restri cti ve securi ty may l ead to non-compl i ance wi th securi ty processes whi ch may l ead to l oss of securi ty. No producti vi ty l oss due to access restri cti ons. Lack of securi ty may ul timatel y have negati ve impact on producti vi ty. Overl y restri cti ve securi ty casues producti vi ty decl i ne. Securi ty needs take pri ori ty over user access.