Article by Harold Weiss from the January 1974 issue of Datamation.
Scanned by David Treble, Information Security Coordinator at the University of Manitoba.
Article by Harold Weiss from the January 1974 issue of Datamation.
Scanned by David Treble, Information Security Coordinator at the University of Manitoba.
Original Title
Computer Security an Overview (Datamation January 1974)
Article by Harold Weiss from the January 1974 issue of Datamation.
Scanned by David Treble, Information Security Coordinator at the University of Manitoba.
Article by Harold Weiss from the January 1974 issue of Datamation.
Scanned by David Treble, Information Security Coordinator at the University of Manitoba.
COMPUTER
SECURITY. —-
an overviewWhen a physical
disaster, or loss
of security, strikes a
data center, the whole
company may go down
‘with the computer.
‘The weak spots to [ook
for and the precautions
fo take are all listed
here, but the de.
manager needs a lot of
help in doing anything,
‘about them:
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