CHAPTER 5: INFORMATION SECURITY
5.1 Context
“I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We’ve created life in our own image.” – Professor Stephen Hawking, theoretical physicist and author.
Information is precious and we should guard it well. For example, while writing this chapter I knocked on an elderly neighbour’s door only to discover a post-it note stuck to the porch window: “Dear Postman, I am not at home today. Please leave the parcel I’m expecting at the depot”.
This chapter will therefore examine threats to one of our most critical types of asset: information. An employee’s ability to readily access any necessary ...
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