What every Manager Needs to Know About Internet and Network Security

Why is Security Important?

Whether a company has an Internet web site or not, every major company has a network system. Important information about the operation of the organization and their customers are stored on the system and may be accessible via the Internet. in the security system can provide a means for a to enter your system. Unce in the system, company and personal information may be accessible. If this information is destroyed, altered, or copied; the effects on the company could be ranging from not being able to operate for days to being put out of business. Even non$-$protit organizations are not immune to an attack. The number of attacks through the Internet is constantly $\_\_\_$ and therefore, protecting this resource must be a high corporate priority. Too often, top management views Internet, network, or database security as an Information Technology problem; rather than an organizational priority. $($Colden$,2001$ Mar$/$Apr; Etheridge, $2001$ March; Gouldson, $2001$ May $4$; Maheshwari, $2001$ Oct $18$; McClure, $2001$ Aug; Savage, $2001$ April $30$; Talahashi, $2001$ Jul $23$; and Wilbanks, $2001$ Oct $18)$

Security and privacy are sometimes viewed by managers as the same thing. Yes they are related, but security and privacy are different. $\_\_\_$ involves legal and ethical protection of someone's personal information from unauthorized access or use. Protecting a customer's social security number, phone number, email address or credit card number from improper use or unauthorized access are issues. The organization does not own this information; the customer does. The organization is the $\_-$ Privacy involves a trust between the customer and the organization. The customer trusts the organization to protect their personal information; even from the organization "sharing" the information with others. A company may have the