I attend James Hargest College, a co-educational institution, situated in Invercargill, and composed of two campus sites. James Hargest College boasts a role of approximately two-thousand students and two-hundred staff members.
Both grounds of James Hargest College have access to multiple network drives. A network drive, located on a server, is a storage device on a local area network (LAN) within a home or business. A network drive makes it easier to share documents, hardware, programmes and files within the LAN, between computers.
When a student with a school account opens up ‘My Computer’, they are met with the following network drives, as shown in the above screenshot:
• P:drive - contains one’s personal folders and documents, such as assignments and photographs.
• C:drive - relates to all the data stored on a computer’s hard drive/local disk.
• S:drive - covers files created by teachers for students. For example, within the S:drive, there is a folder titled ‘Commerce’ which contains numerous files for subjects related to computers and business.
Teachers have access to the following additional network drives:
• T:drive - this deals with teacher data .eg. lesson plans, exams and answer schedules.
• U:drive - through this network drive, teachers can access the P:drive of any student.
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The files of a teacher or student are only accessible by the respective individual, thus limiting the risk of one unlawfully retrieving such documents. The school network system provides teachers with choices as to where to save files. For example, staff have access to the S:drive, T:drive and their P:drive. All drives are protected by password, therefore adhering to privacy regulations. However, passwords need to be changed more regularly so as to ensure the security of the network. SENTENCES REGARDING REPERCUSSIONS. Moreover, scanning for viruses and testing the firewall is necessary in order to maximise the security of one’s
I started working as the Executive Officer to the Dean of the Academic Board at West Point in March 2015. The primary method for storing data and files on the Dean’s Staff is through the use of a networked shared drive where multiple users across the staff have access to and can open, create, modify and save files to the shared drive. One of my primary tasks was to create PowerPoint presentations for several different target audiences to include visiting foreign dignitaries, congressional staffers, the USMA Staff and Faculty and the classes of the Corps of Cadets. Depending on the audience, the presentations serve many functions furthering the Dean’s strategic communication goals ranging from briefings about the academic program
Often technology provides some of the most cost effective and fastest communication through various networks like the internet such that one can easily interact without any difficulties. In today’s world, information technology is considered as an entity, this is because more and more systems have become interdependent to the internet, so without it these systems will fail to continue with their normal operations (Riedman,2017) . Information technology is a sector that needs to be properly secured from various security threats such as cyber-attacks, espionage, spyware, physical theft cases or malicious attacks from viruses such issues may occur and lead to loss of data, physical damage of hardware or unauthorized access to private and confidential documents. I would recommend installation of backups for the systems to avoid disruptions, duplicates should also be made and stored in a quite different system from the original document. The owners should also ensure the systems are secured to avoid unauthorized access and to prevent environmental
We all love computers; people store important information on their computers whether it is a business or one’s home. Businesses have confidential information stored on their computers.
A network can be based on either a peer-to-peer level or server-based, also referred to as domain-based. To distinguish the difference, a peer-to-peer network, also known as a workgroup, is a network in which a group of computers are connected together to share resources, such as files, applications, or peripherals. The computers in a peer-to-peer network are peers to one another, meaning no single computer has control over one another. There is also no central location for users to access resources, which means that each individual computer must share their files in order for other computers to have access (Muller, 2003, p.411). “In a peer-to-peer environment, access rights are governed by setting sharing permissions on individual machines.” (Cope, 2002) On the other hand, in a domain-based network, the computers connected together are either servers or clients. All of the other computers connected to the network are called client computers. The server is a dedicated machine that acts as a central location for users to share and access resources. The server controls the level of authority each user has to the shared resources. When logging on to the network, users on client machines are authenticated by the server, based on a user name and password (Lowe, 2004, p.13).
The university is bound by its contractual and license agreements respecting certain third party resources; you are expected to comply with all such agreements when using such resources. You should make a reasonable effort to protect your passwords and to secure resources against unauthorized use or access. You must configure hardware and software in a way that reasonably prevents unauthorized users from accessing Brown's network and computing resources. You must not attempt to access restricted portions of the network, an operating system, security software or other administrative applications without appropriate authorization by the system owner or
...work Security Article). With this given information in the essay, is a great start to learn how to keep your network secure. This is only a small part of the prevention of infiltration of your network and computer. If one desires to learn more, go above and beyond and continue to learn on how to keep your network secure.
Trying to connect to Netscape from home was very difficult. I had many problems connecting and no one to ask. I gave up and ran to school to use the computers there. The computer finally worked at CSUN. I used the engine server named Yahoo. I typed "educational lesson plans". It gave me 33 files. I began searching them to find the one with the most lessons to choose from. The first couple of them were not very helpful. I began to think that this is not going to be easy topic and maybe I should switch topics. But I told myself be patient and continue looking. I finally decided to go around the topic and just type "LAUSD" which gave me the web site. I entered the web site and found a lot of information about the LAUSD system but no lesson plans.
...e user while using the software applications. This could be word processor documents, spreadsheets, presentations, web pages or game save files. It is important to keep this data secure, as it could include important information such as customer details, employee payroll data or financial information. There are huge amounts of user data stored by businesses that are absolutely vital to the running of the business.it is therefore extremely important to keep a copy of this data that is currently stored on the system.
“Taking shortcuts” around security electronic security procedures would jeopardize information confidentiality. Even if full attentiveness to security procedures is given, human error cannot be ruled out. Risk of exposing confidential information then, must be accepted as a factor that is always present, and as such, requires constant monitoring to be kept under
On 5 October 2009, computer equipment from a network data closet was stolen from BCBST. The items stolen were 57 unencrypted hard drives which contained over 300,000 video recording and over one million audio recordings. According to Whitman & Mattord (2010), confidentiality, integrity, and availability makes up the C.I.A triangle which is the basis of Committee on National Security model for information security, an industrial standard, (Whitman & Mattord, 2010). Confidentiality can be a synonym for encryption but also means only the people with the correct permission can access the information. One of the major security issue is the hard drives were not encrypted. The hard drives should be encrypted to prevent people from reading the information the computer. Software can be purchased which will encrypt files on hard drive with such as Folder Lock, SensiGuard, Secure IT, and more. There are open source encrypting software which are free for use which could have been used. If the hard drives were not needed, the data should hav...
Computers; they are a part of or in millions of homes; they are an intricate part of just about every if not all successful businesses, the government, and the military. Computers have become common place in today’s society and the lives of the people who live in it. They have crossed every national, racial, cultural, educational, and financial barrier, which consequently ushered in the information age. A computer is a programmable electronic device that can store, retrieve and process data, and they come in all shapes, and sizes. They can be used for and in just about anything. As stated before, they are used in just about every aspect of modern society. They are so fundamental to modern society that it would be disastrous to society without them. As stated before, there are many areas in modern society that are run by computers. They play an intricate part of millions of homes in the world. Office workers in business, government and the military may use them to write letters, keep rosters, create budgets, find information, manage projects, communicate with workers, and so on. They are used in education, medicine, music, law enforcement, and unfortunately crime. Because computers have become such a part of the world and how it operates, there is a tremendous responsibility for those who are in control of these computers and the vital information that they carry, to manage and protect them properly. This is management and protection is vital because any loss or damage could be disastrous for the affected entity. For example, a mistake or intentional alteration of a personal credit file could affect ones ability to buy a car or home, or can lead to legal actions against the affected person until the mistake or intentional alteration has been corrected. Therefore, with the advent of computers in the information age, and all of the intentional and unintentional violations against them, comes the need to safeguard them and the information they carry with strong systems and policies of computer security.
Local Area Networks also called LANs have been a major player in industrialization of computers. In the past 20 or so years the worlds industry has be invaded with new computer technology. It has made such an impact on the way we do business that it has become essential with an ever-growing need for improvement. LANs give an employer the ability to share information between computers with a simple relatively inexpensive system of network cards and software. It also lets the user or users share hardware such as Printers and scanners. The speed of access between the computers is lighting fast because the data has a short distance to cover. In most cases a LAN only occupies one or a group of buildings located next to each other. For larger area need there are several other types of networks such as the Internet.
The chapter we will be looking at today will be discussing electronic and image records. We will focus are time on key terms and key idea throughout of the chapter. The first part of this paper we are going to be look at electronic media; the second part will be record security and safety; and the final part will be image media. Electronic media will be addressing the key ideas; such as relationship between “electronic and image records; magnetic and optical media; removable data storage devices; data input; storage and retrieval procedures.”(342-348) The second part we will look at records safety and security. This section will discuss “record safety, protective measures, conversion and backup; protection against computer viruses; record security; policies and checks; security measures; data protection; security for faxed documents; and e-mail retention policies.”(350-360) The last set of ideas will confront image media.
This will help you maintain network security so that unauthorized personnel will not be able to gain access to any important files or data. Scope: This policy will cover everyone
...ntial information from a user. Luckily, there are reliable ways of defending against them. The most reliable way is to install strong security software that has the capacity to defend against the multifaceted forms of threats. Avoiding P2P file sharing sites and scanning email attachments before downloading them are also a surefire way of protecting a computer against malware threats. Basic acts like using an updated browser and allowing Windows updates to install and update themselves are also necessary to keep a machine safe. Furthermore, checking validity of individual website addresses and installing authenticated software can also help a computer user remain safe from potential data theft and possible damage of useful programs. It may also pay good dividends to backup files. In case of a lethal malware attack, backed-up files can always be recovered easily.