Ch. 7 Discussion Questions

1. Why are computer systems so vulnerable?

2. Why should information security be a prime concern to management?

3. Is security a technical issue? A business issue? Both? Support your answer. (Hint: Read Kim Nash, Why Technology Isnt the Answer to Better Security, CIO(), October 15, 2008.)

4. Compare information security in an organization with insuring a house. 

5. Why are authentication and authorization important to e-commerce?

6. Why is cross-broader cybecrime expanding rapidly? Discuss possible solutions. 

7. Discuss why the Sarbanes-Oxley Act is having an impact on information security. 

8.  What types of user authentication are used at your university and/or  place of work? Do these measures seem to be effective? What if a higher  level of authentication were implemented? Would it be worth it, or would  it decrease productivity?

9. Why are federal authorities so worried about SCADA attacks?

APACitation

No plagiarism

  Book to be used : 

Management Information Systems, Rainer, Prince, Watson, 3rd Edition