Q1 :Post a link to an article on a current topic related to IT security and/or ethics in the news.
The article you post must be current (last two weeks) and be relevant to the subjects discussed in this courses.
Article topic ideas:
-Information breaches (these will be the vast majority)
-disgruntled employee cases involving data theft or leaking of information
-company financial embezzlement cases that are directly related to IT
-Ethical dilemma articles surrounding privacy of information
Q2: Please read the articles below and make one comment for each:
1-Quarter of UK Employees Have ‘Purposefully Leaked Business Data’
This is a recent article from two days ago, which covers a recent study done in the U.K. which shows that about a quarter of employees in the U.K. have shared confidential information outside of their organization. Most of this information is typically shared with competitors or new employers.
https://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/news/quarter-uk-employees-leaked-data/
2-The article that i researched was “OPM Contends ‘Audit Fatigue’ Hampers InfoSec Compliance”
This is a very recent article that happened within this week and is relevant to this discussion. The head of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management cites “audit fatigue” as a factor explaining why the federal agency that experienced a massive data breach in 2015 continues to come up short in securing its information systems. OPM has long struggled with securing critical IT, as exemplified by the 2015 breach.
https://www.databreachtoday.com/opm-contends-audit-fatigue-hampers-infosec-compliance-a-10439
