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UNIVERSITY OF LA VERNE
La Verne, CA
July 25, 2014
Research paper
Computer Security
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of MBA
Professor Yehia Mortagy
BUS 510 Management of Information Technology
RUI GAO
11560047
College of Business and Public Management
ABSTRACT
In the modern society, information can benefits both groups and individuals in many different areas. Whereas, at the same time, information also can be used to bring out a threat or even an act of war such as if a cyber attack which take down our financial systems or government systems. Computer security arouses the ethics and risk analysis, and is concerned with topics such as computer crime, the prevention, detection, remediation of attacks, identity and anonymity in cyberspace. In this paper, I want discuss the main problems of computer security and its serious threats.
Computer security, also known as cyber security or IT security, is information security as applied to computing devices such as computers and smartphones, as well as computer networks such as private and public networks, including the Internet. Computer security, which is the composition of hardware, software network system and the safety of delivering information through network, has been an essential issue. Computer security has not only technical problems but also management problems, and at the same time, both of them affect each other.
The major technical areas of computer security are usually represented by the initials CIA: confidentiality, integrity, and authentication or availability. Confidentiality means information cannot be access by some parties unauthorized. It is a kind of secrecy or privacy, which breaches of confidentiality range from the embarrassing to the disastrous. Integrity means that information is protected in order to against unauthorized changes that are not detectable to authorized
La Verne, CA
July 25, 2014
Research paper
Computer Security
Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of MBA
Professor Yehia Mortagy
BUS 510 Management of Information Technology
RUI GAO
11560047
College of Business and Public Management
ABSTRACT
In the modern society, information can benefits both groups and individuals in many different areas. Whereas, at the same time, information also can be used to bring out a threat or even an act of war such as if a cyber attack which take down our financial systems or government systems. Computer security arouses the ethics and risk analysis, and is concerned with topics such as computer crime, the prevention, detection, remediation of attacks, identity and anonymity in cyberspace. In this paper, I want discuss the main problems of computer security and its serious threats.
Computer security, also known as cyber security or IT security, is information security as applied to computing devices such as computers and smartphones, as well as computer networks such as private and public networks, including the Internet. Computer security, which is the composition of hardware, software network system and the safety of delivering information through network, has been an essential issue. Computer security has not only technical problems but also management problems, and at the same time, both of them affect each other.
The major technical areas of computer security are usually represented by the initials CIA: confidentiality, integrity, and authentication or availability. Confidentiality means information cannot be access by some parties unauthorized. It is a kind of secrecy or privacy, which breaches of confidentiality range from the embarrassing to the disastrous. Integrity means that information is protected in order to against unauthorized changes that are not detectable to authorized