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    UGANDA INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS

    TECHNOLOGY

    COVER SHEET FOR


    “STUDY BUDDIES DISCUSSION GROUP”
    YEAR 1/ SEMESTER 1/DAY

    DIPLOMA IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR BUSSINESS (DITB)

    COURSE UNIT: INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT

    BY

    LECTURER: MUHANGI ROBERT

    “STUDY BUDDIES DISCUSSION GROUP MEMBERS ”


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    SUMMARY
    CHAPTER ONE: COURSE WORK
    CYBER SECURITY
    CYBER SECURITY:
    Cyber security refers to the ongoing effort to protect the networked systems and all
    the data from unauthorized use. Examples of these networked systems include; financial,
    medical and education systems.

    With cyber security individuals can become;


     Information security experts.
     Ethical hackers.
     Cyber forensics experts.

    Always ensure that your data, online and offline identity get full protection so as not to land
    in hands of wrong people.
    Offline identity refers to the person who your friends and family interact with
    physically on a daily basis. On the other side, online identity refers to who you are in cyber
    space. Cyber space is an interconnected digital environment like Facebook and instagram.
    Your data refers to any information that presents who you are like date of birth and
    origin.
    Other information that identifies us online includes;
    a) Medical records for example mental and physical health.
    b) Educational records like disciplinary reports and attendance.
    c) Employment and financial records like past employee performance and tax
    records.

    Individual data like pictures and medical records like charts are stored on computing
    devices and servers located in different parts of the world.

    Computing devices: These refer to machines which input, process data, store and output
    information like laptops, desktops and tablets.
    Hackers can use information about you to get long term profit by stealing your
    money, identity and gaining access to organization data.

    Types of organization data.


    1. Traditional data. It refers to structured data that is being majorly maintained by
    all types business starting from very small to big organizations which include;
    a) Personnel information like application materials and pay roles.
    b) Intellectual properties such as trademarks and patents.
    c) Financial data such as balance sheet and cash flow statements
    2. Internet of things and big data. Refers to a large network of physical objects
    such as sensors and equipment that extent beyond the traditional computer network.
    Confidentiality, integrity and availability. Also known as (CIA) refer to guidelines for
    information security for an organization.
    a) Confidentiality; refers to restriction of data in an organization from access by
    unauthorized individuals, it ensures privacy of data and it’s achieved by using a
    password or username ID.
    b) Integrity; refers to accuracy, consistency and trustworthiness of data during the entire
    life cycle. It’s achieved by having backups to restore any corrupted data.
    c) Availability; backups should be created to ensure that network and data are present to
    the authorized users. Reluctance in safeguarding data can result into a security breach
    or making system prone to hackers.

    Security breach can result into the following;


     Ruined reputation.
     Vandalism.
     Theft.
     Revenue loss.
     Damaged intellectual property.

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