Definitions: * Human resource management= the management function focused on maximizing the effectiveness of the workforce by recruiting world-class talent, promoting career development and determining workforce strategies to boost organizational effectiveness * Job analysis the examination of specific task that are assigned to each position independent of who might be holding the job at any specific time. * Job description= an explanation of the responsibilities for a specific position
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The management of information security depends on three areas of accountability: I.T Security, Information security, enterprise (physical) security (Gelbstein, 2013). Each of these 3 will be discussed with specific examples below. IT Security As per Wikipedia, IT security (computer security) is “ the protection
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Criminal Justice Dr. Austen E. Ichu, PhD November 11, 2013 Generally people have a tendency to adapt to their environments and the changes occurring around them. This has also been the case with the criminal element and the way they commit crimes. Computers and their functions had taken on an entirely new level of advancement in their capabilities with the introduction of the Internet to the general public. This Internet for most can be a useful resource. From gathering research for an academic project
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million computers located in over one hundred countries which generated at least $14 million in illegitimate income. Of the computers infected with malware, at least 500,000 were in the United States, including computers belonging to US government agencies, educational institutions, non-profit organizations, commercial businesses and individuals. The malware secretly altered the settings on infected computers enabling the defendants to digitally hijack Internet searches and re-route computers to certain
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designed to infect your computer and cause errors, computer crashes, and even destroy your computer hardware A worm – Software applications designed to spread via computer networks Spyware – Tracking software that hides itself (runs in the background) and gathers information without the computer owner's or user's knowledge or permission for the benefit of someone else. Malicious code – Malware short for "Malicious" software is designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's
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CIS 150 – Introduction to Computer Applications Computer Concepts Class Notes These notes are to accompany the Computer Concepts PowerPoint presentation. Please refer to these notes when viewing the presentation. Slides 2 & 3 identify the major objectives of this presentation and these notes. Slide 4: A computer is defined as an electronic device that operates under the control of internally stored instructions that can accept input, process data (both mathematical processes and
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relation to a high involvement product. As an example, consumers purchasing behaviour towards buying a computer shall be looked at in more detail. Within the report a more specific example is used when comparing consumers’ attitudes towards Windows operating systems and Apple Macintosh operating systems and what would drive them to purchase either of the two. The report investigates the computer operations market as a whole but concentrates on the computer markets two main players; Windows and Apple
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1: Procedure 1. Firewalls may be hardware devices or software programs. Hardware firewalls protect an entire network. Software firewalls protect a single computer. Locate an example of each of these types of firewalls and compare their features. Linksys and Cisco make firewall/routers for home use. The Zonelabs Zone-Alarm firewall is an example of a software firewall. a. Cisco RV082 Dual WAN VPN Router i. Dual Fast Ethernet WAN ports for load balancing and/or business continuity ii. Built-in
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that are in it for a cause. 6. Explain the 6 different fallacies of hacking. a. No-harm-was-done – its ok as long as nothing is stolen or damaged b. Computer-game- if the computer system didn’t take any action then it’s OK c. Law-abiding citizen- Writing a virus is not illegal so it must be OK d. Shatterproof – Computers cannot do any real harm.
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Unemployment With the advancement of technology business processes have become more streamlined. This creates job redundancy , downsizing and out sourcing For example: In a factory, skilled technicians and machinists can be replaced by computer-controlled robots which can work faster, for longer and more consistently Before a company employed many typist and now can be replaced by a sigle person with a word processor Privacy Though information technology made communication quicker , easier
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