Case Project 5-8: Information Security Community Site Activity

The Information Security Community Site is an online companion to this textbook. It contains a wide variety of tools, information, discussion boards, and other features to assist learners. Go to community.cengage.com/infosec2 and click the Join or Sign in icon to log in, using your login name and password that you created in Module 1. Click Forums (Discussion) and click Security+ Case Projects (7th edition). Read the following case study.

Read again the information in the module regarding the security risks of data-in-transit and remote data-at-rest. What are your feelings regarding the ability of the government to access data on iCloud and Google servers? Do you believe this is a safeguard for the nation, or is it a serious violation of personal privacy? What are the advantages and the risks of a government that has these powers? How could they be abused? Post your thoughts about app data sharing on the discussion board.