I. Introduction

II. major risks to the organization when implementing and using IT?
Cyber-criminals are becoming more sophisticated. 
The biggest challenge companies face in tackling IT risks is the growing sophistication of hackers and other cyber-criminals, according to 55 percent of survey respondents. One-third of companies suffered significant financial damage as a result of attacks such as hacking and phishing (where customers or employees are tricked into disclosing passwords and account details) over the past 12 months. Companies must now contend with a range of hi-tech attacks orchestrated by well-organised, financially-motivated criminals.

III. To what degree are IT security risks and business risks interrelated?

IV. What are the What disadvantages might a business encounter from a "locked-down" IT environment a. and how can these be balanced against the disadvantages of a security breach?
V. ethics as it relates to handling consumer or patient data and intellectual property.


IT “Locked Down”: Good or Bad Strategy?
Posted on December 23, 2011 by Phat Pham
As organizations worldwide take advantage of information technology to reduce cost and increase performance, digital information can be shared and available over the Internetworking computers, the risk of data security breaches is increasingly concerned. Several major risks that concern Information Technology (IT) professionals and business owners are system breakdown, disaster recovery, and data integrity, which are also the most concerns of the potential business risks. Security threats exist from all attacks (a) on connectivity such as IP spoofing, email spam, viruses and malicious spyware, (b) on data such as destruction of data, modification of data, disclosure of information, and interruption of services, and (c) on environment such as power outages, disasters, and viruses