Discussion Questions
1. Why do you think extending access to the Whitmann Price network beyond the business's walls dramatically elevated the risk to information security?
2. What was the primary tool used to minimize that risk, and how does it work?
Critical Thinking Questions
1. Why does information security usually come at the cost of user convenience?
2. List the security policies put in place for the AMCI system and the rationale that you think is behind them.
See the Web site for this book to read about the Whitmann Price Consulting case for this chapter. Following are questions concerning this Web case.