Employees in which functional areas of the organization pose particularly grave threats to information security?
A)Human resources, finance
B)Human resources, management information systems
C)Finance, marketing
D)Operations management, management information systems
E)Finance, management information systems

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Human resources handles sensitive information such as employee records, but they usually have limited access to other confidential information. Operations management, marketing, and finance are important in terms of protecting financial and proprietary information, but they do not necessarily pose the greatest risk. Management information systems employees, however, have access to all critical systems and data, making them a potential target for cybercriminals or a source of data breaches due to carelessness or malicious intentions. Therefore, employees who work in management information systems pose particularly grave threats to information security.

Employees in Which Functional Areas of the Organization Pose Particularly