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. $\_\_\_\_1\_\_\_\_\_\_$ in the security system can

provide a means for a $\_\_\_2\_\_\_$ to enter your system. Once 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 $\_\_\_\_3\_\_\_\_$; ranging from not being able to operate for days to being put

out of business. Even non$-$profit organizations are not immune to an attack. The number of

attacks through the Internet is constantly $\_\_\_4\_\_\_,$ 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 $18)$