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CHAPTER FIVE
ETHICS AND
INFORMATION SECURITY

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 CHAPTER FIVE: OVERVIEW
Ethics.
Information Security.

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 LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. Explain the ethical issues in the use of the
information age.
2. Describe information security and the difference
between hackers and viruses.

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 INFORMATION ETHICS 1

• Ethics – The principles and standards that guide our

behavior toward other people.
• Information ethics – Govern the ethical and moral
issues arising from the development and use of
information technologies, as well as the creation,
collection, duplication, distribution, and processing of
information itself.

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 INFORMATION ETHICS 2

Business issues related to information ethics.

• Copyright.
• Counterfeit software.
• Digital rights management.
• Intellectual property.
• Patent.
• Pirated software.

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Privacy is a major ethical issue

Privacy – The right to be left
alone when you want to be, to
have control over your own
personal possessions, and not to
be observed without your consent
Confidentiality – the assurance
that messages and information
are available only to those who
are authorized to view them

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Individuals form the only ethical

component of MIS.
• Individuals copy, use, and distribute
software.
• Search organizational databases for
sensitive and personal information.
• Individuals create and spread viruses.
• Individuals hack into computer
systems to steal information.
• Employees destroy and steal
information.

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• Acting ethically and legally are not always the same.

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 INFORMATION DOES NOT HAVE
ETHICS, PEOPLE DO
Information does not care how it is used, it will not stop itself
from sending spam, viruses, or highly-sensitive information.
Tools to prevent information misuse.
• Information management.
• Information governance.
• Information compliance.
• Information Secrecy.
• Information Property.

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 PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL
ASSETS 1

• Organizational information is
intellectual capital - it must be
protected.
• Information security – The
protection of information from
accidental or intentional
misuse by persons inside or
outside an organization.
• Downtime – Refers to a
period of time when a system
is unavailable.

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 PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL
ASSETS 2

Sources of Unplanned Downtime

Bomb threat Hacker Snowstorm
Burst pipe Hail Sprinkler malfunction
Chemical spill Hurricane Static electricity
Construction Ice storm Strike
Corrupted data Insects Terrorism
Earthquake Lightning Theft
Electrical short Network failure Tornado
Epidemic Plane crash Train derailment
Equipment failure Frozen pipe Smoke damage
Evacuation Power outage Vandalism
Explosion Power surge Vehicle crash
Fire Rodents Virus
Flood Sabotage Water damage (various)
Fraud Shredded data Wind

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ASSETS 3

How Much Will Downtime Cost Your Business?

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 SECURITY THREATS CAUSED BY
HACKERS AND VIRUSES 1

Hacker – Experts in technology

who use their knowledge to break
into computers and computer
networks, either for profit or just
motivated by the challenge.
• Black-hat hacker.
• Cracker.
• Cyberterrorist.
• Hactivist.
• Script kiddies or script bunnies.
• White-hat hacker.

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 SECURITY THREATS CAUSED BY
HACKERS AND VIRUSES 2

Virus - Software written with malicious intent to cause

annoyaance or damage.

• Worm.
• Malware.
• Adware.
• Spyware.
• Ransomware.
• Scareware.

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HACKERS AND VIRUSES 3

Virus - Software written with malicious intent to cause

annoyance or damage.

• Backdoor program.
• Denial-of-service attack (DoS).
• Distributed denial-of-service
attack (DDoS).
• Polymorphic virus.
• Trojan-horse virus.

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HACKERS AND VIRUSES 4

How Computer Viruses Spread

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HACKERS AND VIRUSES 5

Security threats to ebusiness

include.
• Elevation of privilege.
• Hoaxes.
• Malicious code.
• Packet tampering.
• Sniffer.
• Spoofing.
• Splogs.
• Spyware.

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 LEARNING OUTCOME REVIEW
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