Blog 7.1 - IS Security

   Our company (Ferrum Cinema) can face five main IS threats to our security system. Accidents and natural disasters cannot be prevented. A flood might completely wipe out our systems or a drink might fall onto the keyboard of the computer thus causing a malfunction with the system. The best way to protect ourselves from this kind of threat is to have a back-up on hand. Another threat to the security system is an employee or a consultant. An employee or consultant might want to change how much they are getting on their next paycheck or they might want to get even with their boss by altering the current shows and showtimes. A way to prevent this is to implement physical access restrictions using biometrics and/or access control software. Links to outside business contacts can hurt a company severely. One way this could hurt our company is if we use a wireless LAN with Pepsi Company, someone could intercept our messages and possibly cause harm to our company. To prevent this act from happening, we would implement encryption codes and passwords on the VPN. Another way links to an outside business contact can hurt a company is a rival company could erase important information on the Ferrum Cinema system or even change financial documents stored on the system, thus shutting us down. Firewalls, authentications and encryption codes are good ways to protect the company from outside business contacts. The same goes for hackers and crackers also known as outside intruders. They might want to snoop around the system with malicious intent. Firewalls, authentications and encryption codes are ways to keep intruders out. Computer viruses can shut a company's system down in a heartbeat. So, a way to protect the Ferrum Cinema systems from this is by implementing encryption codes, authentications and having a strong firewall.