Unit 8 - Information Security, Privacy and Ethics

Question 1

What do ethics have to do with information systems?

Answer 1

Privacy
Accuracy
Property/Ownership
Accessibility

Question 2

What is information privacy? What is the difference between Opt-in and Opt-out model?

Answer 2

It is about how information is COLLECTED and SHARED.
Opt-in you have to give your consent
Opt-out you have to say no

Question 3

What is information security?

Answer 3

consists of the processes and policies designed to protect an organization’s information and information systems (IS) from unauthorized access

Question 4

What are the differences between threats and vulnerability?

Answer 4

Threats are all the things that could happen to your system. The two categories are unintentional threats and deliberate threats.
Vulnerability is the possibility that the system will be harmed by a threat.