Title: Investigate security risks related to technology.
Course: Computer Information Systems (10005-I) > Section: Exploring Ethical Issues Related to Computers and Computer Systems

Investigation should include

- identifying risks
  - theft of equipment or intellectual property
  - loss or corruption of data through malicious software
  - unauthorized entry into the computer system and/or applications
  - accidental loss or corruption of data by a user or company
  - identity theft
- identifying threats to computer systems such as
  - spam
  - malicious software
  - hacking
  - piracy
- identifying methods for guarding against threats such as
  - malware protection software
  - firewalls
  - regular backups
  - password protection
  - data encryption
  - software updates
  - limiting access to devices and portable storage.