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Q6.a
Individuals share more information about themselves publicly than ever before through social media and other electronic means. Individuals also desire to privately retain more information about themselves electronically than ever before with no intention to disclose such information including social security numbers, tax returns, credit card information, banking information, and medical records. Consider the Cook article found in the Course Materials for this topic. Do you agree with the position asserted by Mr. Cook? Why or why not? What obligations do businesses have to maintain clients' personal information in confidence? Does the government have the right, in light of national security concerns, to override the public's expectation of privacy? Support your position.
Q6b.
nanafarm Corporation stores all of its sensitive information online through data encrypted technology designed to provide security against third-party hackers. This data includes sensitive customer information as well as trade secrets, customer lists, research and development activities, and other proprietary information. What do you believe are the best approaches Bananafarm can take to protect this sensitive proprietary information and reduce the organization's risk of having this information end up in the hands of competitors or criminals? Explain.
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Answer
Data Management and Security
Question 6a
Political
Consumer interest in privacy is becoming a huge concern in the wake of technological advancements and an increasing use of social media. Tech companies and social media platforms like Facebook and WhatsApp have thereby instituted strategies of securing user privacy. The government has the right to access data and personal information given the fact that with the advancement in technology, criminal as well as terrorist threats now have an international facet. Facebook, for instance, introduced Transparency Reports which was previously referred to as Government Requests Report (Sonderby, 2018). Through this platform, Facebook has been giving raw figures on data on governance issues (Sonderby, 2018)
Economic
Individuals usually save private information regarding their finances electronically. These include social security numbers, tax returns, credit card information and banking information. As part of compliance, companies are required to secure customer information. If the information is not properly secured, losses accrue since hackers use the information to illegally obtain funds electronically.
Social
Corporations; especially social media operators should be at the forefront in ensuring that data is tamperproof because of the trust given to them by their clients. There is, therefore, need to balance between the right to privacy and the right of government to secure information necessary to secure our country.
Technological
With the increase in technological advancements, many criminal elements have become technologically savvy and sophisticated. There is, therefore, need to use technology to protect the rights of citizens.
Question 6b
Strengths
There are many benefits that come with storing sensitive information online through data encrypted technology Because of encryption, data is secured at all times, therefore, third parties cannot hack. The integrity of the data is also always maintained. Encryption is also part of compliance since many individuals provide their personal information to corporations and government in turn expects corporations to protect the personal data of the clients.
Weaknesses
The shortcoming of encryption is that most of the time, it only protects data that is at rest (Stieglitz, 2017). This means that data in transit may not be protected. This means that a different modality has to be undertaken in protecting data on transit leading to multiplicity. Therefore, alternatively, the company should ensure that web servers are secure.
Opportunities
Since it has been established that encryption is a highly reliable modality of storing large volumes of information, it is important to continue improving the integrity of encryption since technology continues to advance daily and hackers are becoming more savvy and sophisticated (Ayers, 2016). Towards that end, security professionals are currently working on different existing technological advances that are meant to improve on the concept of encryption.
Threats
Data on transit may not be protected therefore client’s personal information of clients will be left vulnerable to hacking. This in turn breeds a compliance issue for the company.
References
Ayers, R. (2016). 5 advantages of using encryption technology for data protection. Smart data collective. Retrieved fromhttps://www.smartdatacollective.com/5-advantages-using-encryption-technology-data-protection/Sonderby, C. (2018). Reinforcing Our Commitment to Transparency. Facebook Newsroom. Retrieved fromhttps://newsroom.fb.com/news/2017/12/reinforcing-our-commitment-to-transparency/amp/Stieglitz, J. (2017). Encryption Pros and Cons. IMPERVA. Retrieved fromhttps://www.imperva.com/blog/2017/09/encryption-pros-and-cons/
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