Thursday, February 19, 2009

Information Security: Advantages and Disadvantages

Information security is the protection of data saved to a network or hardrive. The advantages and disadvantages are listed below. Please comment based on any experience with information security (whether it be on utilizing it or if you have been subject to cyber crime).

Advantages of Information Security:

  • Information security is extremely easy to utilize. For protection of less sensitive material users can simply password protect files. For the more sensitive material users can install biometric scanners, firewalls, or detection systems.
  • As technology increases so will the crimes associated with it. Making the use of information security very worth while.
  • It keeps vital private information out of the wrong hands.
  • For the government it keeps top secret information and cabalities out of terrorist and enemy nation's hands.
  • Information security protects users valuable information both while in use and while it is being stored.

Disadvantages of Information Security:

  • Technolgoy is always changing so users must always purchase upgraded information security.
  • Since technology is always changing nothing will ever be completely secure.
  • If a user misses one single area that should be protected the whole system could be compromised.
  • It can be extremely complicated and users might not totally understand what they are dealing with.
  • It can slow down productivity if a user is constantly having to enter passwords.

4 comments:

  1. now i know why software peep told us to upgrade it cuz they found security holes which is founded or injected by hackers...

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Please add to advantages and disadvantages of this technology. Also, please share your experience with the technology.