Last year, Big Springs Ltd.'s office space was damaged by a fire. For 6 months, while the
Question:
Last year, Big Springs Ltd.'s office space was damaged by a fire. For 6 months, while the office was being rebuilt, the company provided Internet access and access to the company's internal network from the 12 employees' home offices. For the 6 months, the employees worked only from their homes, using their home computers to do the company's work. Each morning the employees would log into the company's network from their homes, download transaction data, then log out of the network, process the company transaction data on their home computers, and upload their results at the end of the day. The company allowed the employees to use their personal e-mail accounts for company business as needed, on the condition that employees be careful about data being sent by e-mail.
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Explain using four points how the company's temporary telecommuting arrangement would affect the security of the company's data.
The Legal Environment of Business
ISBN: 978-0538473996
11th Edition
Authors: Roger E Meiners, Al H. Ringleb, Frances L. Edwards