Direction: Read the scenarios below. In no more than five (5) sentences, discuss their potential consequences and give a prevention technique. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Anna Santos, a system programmer, intentionally placed an error into a program that causes the operating system to fail and dump certain confidential information to disks and printers. 2. Alvin discovered a new sensitivity analysis public domain program on the Internet. He downloaded the software to his microcomputer at home, then took the application to work and placed it onto his networked personal computer. The program had a virus on it that eventually spread to the company’s mainframe.

Direction: Read the scenarios below. In no more than five (5) sentences, discuss their potential consequences and give a prevention technique. Write your answer on a separate sheet of paper. 1. Anna Santos, a system programmer, intentionally placed an error into a program that causes the operating system to fail and dump certain confidential information to disks and printers. 2. Alvin discovered a new sensitivity analysis public domain program on the Internet. He downloaded the software to his microcomputer at home, then took the application to work and placed it onto his networked personal computer. The program had a virus on it that eventually spread to the company’s mainframe.

Principles of Information Security (MindTap Course List)

6th Edition

ISBN:9781337102063

Author:Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord

Publisher:Michael E. Whitman, Herbert J. Mattord

Chapter9: Physical Security

Section: Chapter Questions

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