Gazera Collage of Technology

Computer Science & Information Technology Programs

Semester 8

Issues in Informatioin Technology

By
Dr. Samir Mahmoud
Email Samiradm61@gmail.com
Tel.0909864181

29 June 2020
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 Table of contents
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1 Table of contents 2
2 Course objective 3
1 Lecture 1:Security, Privacy, and Ethical Issues 4
2 Lecture 2:Avoiding Health and Environment Problems 14
3 Lecture 3:Software Challenges in Intelligent Data 24
4 Lecture 4:Internet – Good for what it was made 34
5 Lecture 5:Issues in internet 44
6 Lecture 6:Airborne Internet and others 54
7 Lecture 7:Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) 64
8 Lecture 8:New Computer types 74
9 Lecture 9:Voice Recognition Technology 84
10 Lecture 10:Deoxyribose Nucleic Acid (DNA) Computers 94
11 Lecture 11:Information technology management 104
12 Lecture 12:Designing an Equitable Financing System 114
13 Lecture 13:Electronics Commerce Agents 124
14 Lecture 14:Electronic Payment Systems 134
15 Course information's 135

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 Course objectives
• To Learn security, privacy and ethical issues
• To Know avoiding health and environmental affects
• To describe software challenges in intelligent data
• To know the Internet good and bad using
• To learn issues of the internet field.
• To learn the new commuter types.
• To know the information technology management issues .
• To explain Electronics Commerce applications

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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Policies and procedures must be established to
avoid computer waste and mistakes.
• Describe some examples of waste and mistakes in an IS
environment, their causes, and possible solutions.
• Identify policies and procedures useful in eliminating
waste and mistakes.

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Principles and Learning Objectives

• Computer crime is a serious and rapidly growing area of concern

requiring management attention.

• Explain the types and effects of computer crime.

• Identify specific measures to prevent computer crime.
• Discuss the principles and limits of an individual’s right to privacy.

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Principles and Learning Objectives
• Jobs, equipment, and working conditions must be
designed to avoid negative health effects.

• List the important effects of computers on the work

environment.

• Identify specific actions that must be taken to ensure the

health and safety of employees.

• Outline criteria for the ethical use of information systems.

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Computer Waste
• Discard technology
• Unused systems
• Personal use of corporate time and technology
Preventing computer waste:
• Establish Policies and Procedures
• Implement Policies and Procedures
• Monitor Policies and Procedures
• Review Policies and Procedures

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Computers as Objects of Crime

• Illegal access and use

• Hackers vs. crackers
• Script bunnies
• Insiders
Data Alteration and Destruction
• Virus
• Application virus
• System virus
• Macro virus
• Worm
• Logic bomb
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Computers as Objects of Crime

• Information and equipment theft

• Software and Internet piracy
• Computer-related scams
• International computer crime
Preventing Computer-Related Crime
• Crime prevention by state and federal agencies
• Crime prevention by corporations
• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI)
• Biometrics

• Antivirus programs
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Preventing Computer-Related Crime

• Intrusion Detection Software

• Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs)
• Internet Laws for Libel and Protection of Decency

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Preventing Crime on the Internet

• Develop effective Internet and security policies

• Use a stand-alone firewall with network monitoring capabilities
• Monitor managers and employees
• Use Internet security specialists to perform audits

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Privacy Issues

• Privacy and the Federal Government

• Privacy at work
• E-mail privacy
• Privacy and the Internet

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