Security+Problems

=Security Problems= There are many problems with trying to keep confidentiality of your data. Storage media may be lost by the following: This could happen from simple human error. Once lost, we have no control over access to the document. "Computer technology makes the creation of new databases and data entry easy, so that databases can be created and maintained readily. This could result in a proliferation of data and information that is easily searchable. Computerization allows for storage of large amounts of data in a very small physical medium. An intruder into a database can retrieve large amounts of data once access is gained. Computers provide for the possibility of "invisible theft" — stealing data without taking anything physical, computers allow for the possibility of modification, deletion, or addition of data— so that providers remain unaware that the data has been changed or abused. Passwords will have to be enforced and this could lead to ; Very easy passwords that are easy to remember but also easy to guess Passwords that are like for example something you got from the dictionary so you could write it down and someone could find it. You could have the same Computers create the potential for the easy linking of data that were not intended. Computers allow a large number of people to access data; the vulnerability of the data to intrusion is increased in a computerized environment. In sum, computer systems create easy opportunities to gather and maintain large amounts of information and to use it in ways that were never intended by the person who provided it. The gathering of data and the ease with which the information can be transferred by computer make access to that information easier to a wider group of people, when usng a common network enviroment