Ethics and Information Security

Chapter 4.1 Ethics- Lauren Hebert {0}

Lauren Hebert IS 130 Blog Presentation Chapter 4.1 Ethics Article: CNN Netiquette section “Be polite and put your smartphone down” Aug. 27,2010 by: Andrea Bartz and Breanna Ehrlich This article was an overview of how cell phones used to be in the past. A quick beep to inform the person that they had a call [...]

Putting a price on privacy {0}

Putting a Price on Privacy. This article related to chapter 4 because it talked about information and information privacy .Because of new technologies and things like online file sharing information has been very easily accessible. The down side is both kinds of information is very easily accessible, personal and non personal. What drew me to [...]

Ethics and Information securities {0}

MEGADEAL, ACADEMIC UNIVERSE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY-FRESNO LIBRARY FRESNO, CA Terms: (information privacy) Source: Major World Publications Project ID: 5 of 989 DOCUMENTS The International Herald Tribune July 21, 2010 Wednesday Putting a price on privacy; In the Blogs: Bits BYLINE: BY STEVE LOHR SECTION: FINANCE; Pg. 17 LENGTH: 488 words ABSTRACT A paper by three [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

ASP.NET is a widely used web application framework that allows programmers to make web sites, web applications, and web services. The article, “Hacking tool exploits faulty AES cookie encryption implementations” by Robert Westervelt points out the weakness of the ASP.NET web applications. In the article, Westervelt talks about Padding Orcale Exploit Tool (POET) that is [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

Sony has been the lucky company so far that there very popular game console has yet to be jail broken until well skilled hackers have now made system software to mod the Sony Playstation 3 and make it hackable. Microsoft and Nintendo know this feeling all to well. Since 2008 they have been dealing with [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

Chapter 4.2 of Business Information Driven Systems talks about information security policies and plans. According to the chapter, information security should first be measure through people and then technology because organizations need to set their standards in details, before they can implement through technology. Firms need to invest in three areas of technology, which include [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

The article titled “‘Mouse Over’ Security Flaw Causes Twitter Trouble” on CNN’s tech website described the recent issue regarding a security bug that hit Twitter users. This security bug could have caused dangerous content to appear on a computer screen by simply moving the mouse over a particular link. Graham Cluley, who did the research on [...]

Chapter 4.2 Information Security {0}

In the article from www.betanews.com, they explained how hackers cracked the code to the game Halo Reach.  Developers at Microsoft gave out 99,999 Microsoft Points worth $1,250.00 to avid game reviewers prior to the release date of September 14, 2010.  Unfortunately for Microsoft, game modders at “GameTut” known for cracking computer codes got access to [...]

Chapter 4 Section 4.2 Information Security {0}

The chapter that was assigned to me was Chapter 4 Section 4.2 which involves the concept of “Information Security”. The article that I chose is called “Voice: The New Fingerprint?”, this article mainly talks about how identity theft has been rapidly increasing throughout the years. The government had to intervene in this problem and therefore [...]

Ethics in Information Technology {0}

The article I found for chapter 4.1 in relation to ethics is called, “About Ethics in Information Technology” by Nicholas Katers. This article discusses the matter of how ethics has been applied to the technology world today. The article touches on data mining, social networking, e-mail spamming, intellectual property and online filtering. It explained how [...]

Cpater 4 correlation with article “Cybercrime: A Secret Under Ground Economy” in correlation with information security {0}

“Cybercrime: a secret underground economy” This article denounces the stereotype of geeks creating and sending out viruses and maintains that it is a growing industry. Cyber criminals steal one’s personal information such as credit card numbers or bank account numbers by way of malware, spyware viruses, Trojan horses etc. And then sell that information online [...]

Chater 4 Ethics and Information Security {0}

This article titled “Phone Flaw Lets Hackers Take Over, Security Firm Says”, ran in the New York times last week. The article was about the I-phone and the security problems that it has been facing. The I-phone is a smart phone known for its advanced technology. The phone is basically a handheld device that works [...]

Chapter 4: IS in Business {0}

Wednesday, September 16, 2009 Chapter 4: IS in Business The time for blogging, chat rooms and message boards online are increasingly popular over the Internet. Many people use these online ways of communicating with people on a daily basis but are unaware of the danger of malicious spam or code one might be opening their [...]

Chapter 4. Ethics and information security {0}

Microsoft continued efforts to spread its own secure software development program with today’s release of a free fuzzer and tool for analyzing binary code. BinScope Binary Analyzer is an in-house Microsoft tool that analyzes binary source code to ensure the code has flags set for detecting buffer overflows, data execution, and other potential vulnerabilities. The [...]

Ch 4: “Employee Behavior & Information Security Risk” {0}

The internet has brought many advantages like a broader customer-base, but it has also brought risks.  An important risk that is overlooked is the security of information.  According to Robert O’ Brien, the biggest threat to information security is people.  O’ Brien is the chief executive of Barons-court, a company that specializes in IT and [...]

Ch. 4 Ethics and Information Security {0}

In Hilary Whiteman’s article, “Security experts warn of dangers of rogue Wi-Fi hotspots,” Whiteman discusses the potential danger of travelers at an airport logging onto an unsafe Wi-Fi network. The danger of logging onto a rogue network is that hackers are able to gain access into people’s laptops and steal valuable personal information. Being able [...]

Chapter 4: Ethics and Information Security {0}

Google acquires reCAPTCHA While registering for various services and websites on the internet, I’m sure you’ve come across a box that has an oddly printed word or overlapping block letters asking you to type the word or alphanumeric combination. These sort of anti-bot technologies are called CAPTCHAs, intended to be easy enough for humans to [...]

IS130- Chapter4. Ethics and information security {0}

As we use computer and internet every day, we sometimes suffer from infringing our information, fraud, getting virus, being hacked or spam e-mail. Also I use internet a lot, from reading newspaper to using online banking, not to mention of using e-mail. In this article, it represents that one of the filtering spam mail companies [...]

The Ethics of Office Romance {0}

Chapter 4 is about Ethics in the workforce and Privacy policies. I found an article that talk about Ethics in the workplace from a different perspective. The article focuses on romances between co-workers, boss/employee and the awkward situation after it’s over. Most of us spent more hours at work with our co-workers than with any [...]

Chapter 4: Hackers Like Christmas Best of All {0}

Hackers Like Christmas Best of All Robert McMillan’s 2009 article entitled Hackers Like Christmas Best of All is an article about hackers favorite time to hack into corporate networks. The article explains how many people think that summer (the time when the security guy might be on vacation) is the ideal time for hackers to [...]