Week 5

Reflection

This week in our lecture we learnt about Information Systems Crimes, Security & Controls. I learnt that organisations dependent on Information Systems, become more vulnerable to security disasters due to Internal and External threats. I have learnt that certain precautions need to be taken if a company wants to keep Information Systems safe. I was surprised to find that the most common computer crime was information modification and unauthorized people accessing private information. I learnt a lot on computer viruses, the different types of viruses, what they do and how to prevent them. I learnt about cyber threats and how it is important to not take part in any cyber threats as it is against the law. We did not just learn about issues with computer systems and cyber threats, I also learnt about computer ethics, dealing with issues and standards of conduct pertaining to the use of information systems. A very important thing I learned about was how to reduce risks using Technological Safeguards, such as using passwords, photo ID cards, smart cards, keys to unlock the computer, etc. We learnt the difference between firewalls and encryption. Firewalls being a system designed to detect intrusion and prevent unauthorized access and Encryption being the process of encoding messages before sending on to network or airwaves. In the seminar we did more independent work on excel.

Teamwork

This week within our teams we came up with some more questions that will help get more information to help us come up with valid solutions to the business' problems that they face. We also discussed the different types of roles that we will assign the following week as not all of the group members were in during this seminar. One of the major problems that we chose to focus on was the problem Japanese Tobacco International had with vapes being so popular instead of people smoking tobacco products.