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CHAPTER 9: SECURITY, PRIVACY, ETHICS AND ERGONOMIC - Coggle Diagram
CHAPTER 9: SECURITY, PRIVACY, ETHICS AND ERGONOMIC
PEOPLE
- technology has had a very positive impact on people but some of the impact could be negative.
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security - how can access to sensitive information be controlled and how can we secure hardware and software?
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ergonomics - how do the science devoted to incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of items in the workplace?
SECURITY
- involves protecting individuals or organizations from theft and danger
hackers
- gain unauthorized access with malicious intent
- not all hackers are illegal
cybercrime / computer crime
- criminal offense the involves a computer and a network
a) effects over 400 million people annually
b) costs over $400 billion each year
FORMS OF COMPUTER CRIME
malicious programs
- include viruses, worms, and Trojan horses
DoS
- causes computer systems to slow down or stop
rogue Wi-Fi hotspots
- involves changing data or leaving prank messages
identity theft
- is illegal assumption of a person's identity for economic gain
internet scams
- are scams over the Internet usually initiated by e-mail and involving phising
cyberbullying
- is using the internet , smartphones, or other devices to send/post content intended to hurt or embarrass another person
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TYPES OF INTERNET SCAMS
- chain letter
- auction fraud
- vacation prize
- advance free loans
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ENCRYPTION
- e-mail encryption protects emails
- file encryption protects files
-web site encryption uses HTTPS protocol for protection
- virtual private networks (VPNs)
- wireless network encryption restricts access to authorized users
PRIVACY
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- privacy modes
- privacy threats
LARGE DATABASES
- big data is exploding and ever-growing
- data collectors include
- information resellers/brokers
PLAGIARISM
- representing some other person's work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original person's work and ideas
ERGONOMICS
- ergonomics is an applied science devoted to incorporating comfort, efficiency, and safety into the design of items in the workplace
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