From Monday, we’re going to spend more time looking at threats to ICT systems, including: internal and external threats and malpractice and crime. We’ll expand on the video material given as weekend homework, in discussion. On Tuesday students should write short research notes on a) Different types of virus. b) Is there a difference between ‘hacking’ and ‘cracking’? [...]
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We’re going to follow up Data Protection legislation with looking at threats to ICT systems, including: internal and external threats and malpractice and crime. We’ll discuss the provisions for legal action to be taken in the event of security breaches, and look at current legislation designed to dissuade hackers. We’ll look at the difficulties of enforcing these as well. Laws include: [...]
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