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Security in Computing 5th Edition by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Charles P Pfleeger, Jonathan Margulies
Edition 5ISBN: 0134085043Security in Computing 5th Edition by Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, Charles P Pfleeger, Jonathan Margulies
Edition 5ISBN: 0134085043Theft usually results in some kind of harm. For example, if someone steals your car, you may suffer financial loss, inconvenience (by losing your mode of transportation), and emotional upset (because of invasion of your personal property and space). List three kinds of harm a company might experience from theft of computer equipment.
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Following are the three kinds of harms that can be faced by the company from the theft of the computer equipment:
Interruption:
• When the computer equipment is lost, then the required asset of the system becomes unavailable or lost.
• It may lead to loss of sensitive data that is stored in the system.
• The required task to be done cannot be completed on time or the task will be interrupted due to loss of equipment.
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Modification:
• When the computer equipment is lost, then the asset of the system can be tampered or modified.
• The data stored in the database can be modified by changing the values.
• In addition, there is a chance that the program can be modified so that it can produce wrong results.
• The essential devices of the hardware might be removed, which makes the system functionless.
• Laptop computers are the essential and most prone to vulnerability because they are portable and easy to handle.
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Interception:
• When the computer equipment is lost, then an unauthorized person can gain access to the asset.
• Then the security of the company is to be compromised.
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