Outcome: Information Security and Cybersecurity

What you’ll learn to do: describe risks and challenges associated with information security and cybersecurity that businesses face

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Now that we have acknowledged the amount of data that business collects about people, what are the risks and challenges associated with keeping that information secure? Businesses stand to lose consumer confidence and respect if they allow unauthorized access to customer data. For this reason, businesses take information security and cybersecurity seriously. Despite the importance of protecting customer data, breaches and hacks seem to be more and more common. Is this a result of inadequate security measures on the part of the businesses, or are hackers getting better at accessing so-called “secure networks”? The answer is probably both. In this section you’ll learn about some of the ongoing security issues businesses face in trying to safeguard their (and their customers’) electronic communications and data.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES

The learning activities for this section include:

  • Reading: Security Issues in Electronic Communication
  • Self Check: Information Security and Cybersecurity

Take time to review and reflect on this activity in order to improve your performance on the assessment for this section.