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    Information systems provide value to organizations by reducing decision time and increasing profits in finance, accounting, marketing, sales, human resources and other industries. However, they also face risks including hardware risks from natural disasters, power outages, and vandalism; data and application risks from theft, alteration, destruction through viruses and human error; and online operation risks such as denial of service attacks and hijacking.

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    Information systems provide value to organizations by reducing decision time and increasing profits in finance, accounting, marketing, sales, human resources and other industries. However, they also face risks including hardware risks from natural disasters, power outages, and vandalism; data and application risks from theft, alteration, destruction through viruses and human error; and online operation risks such as denial of service attacks and hijacking.

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    Information systems provide value to organizations by reducing decision time and increasing profits in finance, accounting, marketing, sales, human resources and other industries. However, they also face risks including hardware risks from natural disasters, power outages, and vandalism; data and application risks from theft, alteration, destruction through viruses and human error; and online operation risks such as denial of service attacks and hijacking.

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    Value and Risk Of Information Systems

    Value of Information Systems


    Measured in the time required to make a decision and increase profits to the company Finance & Accounting Marketing & Sales Human Resources
    Airlines, Investment, Banks, Healthcare, Retail Etc.

    Risks to the Information System

    Risks to Hardware
    Risks to Data and Applications Risks to Online Operations

    Risks to Hardware

    Natural Disasters:

    Fires, floods, earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes and lightning Wildlife and human errors

    Blackouts and Brown Outs:


    interruptions in power

    Black outs: total losses of electric power Brown Outs: Voltage of the power decreases, or there are short

    ..Organizations use uninterrupted Power Supply system ..Practical measure is to maintain an alternative source of power i.e. a Generator

    Vandalism:

    Human beings deliberately destroy the computer systems

    Risk to data and Applications


    Theft of information : Keystroke logging Social Engineering Identity Theft

    Data alteration, Data destruction, and web Defacement: Computer Viruses, Worms and logic Bombs Nonmalicious Mishaps

    Risks to Online operations

    Denial of service Computer Hijacking

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