Chapter 4

Question 1

Ethics

Answer 1

The principles and standards that guide our behavior toward other people.

Question 2

Information Ethics ***

Answer 2

Govern the ethical and moral issues arising from the development and use of information technologies, as well as the creation, collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of information itself.

Question 3

Privacy

Answer 3

The right to be left alone when you want to be, to have control over your own personal possessions, and not be observed without your consent.

Question 4

Confidentiality

Answer 4

The assurance that messages and information are available only to those who are authorized to view them.

Question 5

What are the 3 tools to prevent information misuse?

Answer 5

1) information management
2) information governance
3) Information compliance

Question 6

Ethical Computer Use Policy

Answer 6

Contains general principles to guide computer user behavior.

Question 7

What does the ethical computer user policy ensure?

Answer 7

That all users are informed of the rules and, by agreeing to use the system on that basis, consent to abide by the rules.

Question 8

Information Privacy Policy

Answer 8

Contains general principles regarding information privacy.

Question 9

Acceptable Use Policy (AUP)

Answer 9

Requires a user to agree to follow it to be provided access to corporate email, information systems, and the internet.

Question 10

Nonrepudiation

Answer 10

A contractual stipulation to ensure that e-business participants do not deny their online actions.

Question 11

Internet Use Policy (IUP)

Answer 11

Contains general principles to guide the proper use of the internet.

Question 12

Email Privacy Policy

Answer 12

Details the extent to which email messages may be read by others.

Question 13

Social Media Policy

Answer 13

Outline the corporate guidelines or principles governing employee online communications.

Question 14

Information Technology Monitoring

Answer 14

Tracks peoples activities by such measures as number of keystrokes, error rate, and number of transactions processed

Question 15

Employee Monitoring Policy

Answer 15

Explicitly state how, when and where the company monitors its employees.

Question 16

Information Security

Answer 16

Is a broad term encompassing the protection of information from accidental or intentional misuse by persons inside or outside the organization.

Question 17

Downtime

Answer 17

A period of time when a system is unavailable.

Question 18

Hacker

Answer 18

Experts in technology who use their knowledge to break into computers and computer networks, either for profit or just motivated by the challenge.

Question 19

Virus

Answer 19

Software written with malicious intent to annoy or damage information technology.

Question 20

Worm

Answer 20

Not need to attach to anything to spread and can tunnel themselves into computers.

Question 21

Identity theft

Answer 21

The forging of someone’s identity for the purpose of fraud.

Question 22

Phishing

Answer 22

A technique to gain personal information for the purpose of identity theft, usually by means of fraudulent email.

Question 23

Pharming

Answer 23

Reroutes requests for legitimate websites to false websites.

Question 24

Authentication

Answer 24

A method for confirming users’ identities.

Question 25

Authorization

Answer 25

The process of giving someone permission to do or have something.

Question 26

The most secure type of authentication involves 3 characteristics.

Answer 26

1) Something the user knows
2) Something the user has
3) Something that is part of the user.