impacts of modern technology

Question 1

security of data

Answer 1

distributed data
- divided into smaller amounts then stored in different locations
- data breach will only reveal some data

dispersed data
- same data stored in multiple locations
- useful as a backup for data
- data may be more vulnerable to security breach as stored in many locations

Question 2

synchronisation

Answer 2

file synchronisation allows same file to be copied to multiple devices via cloud
- files also backed up to servers on cloud