Security and ethical challenges of it

security and ethical explanation

1. SECURITY AND ETHICAL
CHALLENGES OF IT:-
The security and ethical challenges of IT refer to the difficulties that
organisations face in managing increasingly complex information and
communication technologies. The term embraces the management of
systems, policies and procedures designed to protect organisations, their
employees, customers and other stakeholders from malicious external threats,
and from internal acts of noncompliance with IT policies. The concept has
important implications for growing IT areas such as Big Data, social media,
and Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) (Dutta & McCrohan, 2002; Simonite,
2015; Soares, 2015).
Ethical and Societal Dimensions. The vital role of information technologies
and systems in society raises serious ethical and societal issues in terms of their impact on employment, individuality,
working conditions, privacy, health, and computer crime, as illustrated in Figure 13.2. Employment issues include the loss of
jobs—a result of computerization and automation of work—versus the jobs created to supply and support new information
technologies and the business applications they make possible. The impac t on working conditions involves the issues of
computer monitoring of employees and the quality of the working conditions of the jobs that use information technologies
heavily. The effect of IT on individuality addresses the issues of the depersonalization, regimentation, and inflexibility of
some computerized business systems. Employees’ heavy use of computer workstations for long periods raises issues about
and may cause work related health disorders. The use of IT to access or collect private information without authorization, as
well as for computer profiling, computer matching, computer monitoring, and computer libel and censorship, raises serious
privacy issues. Computer crime issues surround activities such as hacking, computer viruses and worms, cybe r theft,
unauthorized use at work, software piracy, and piracy of intellectual property. Managers, business professionals, and IS
specialists can help solve the problems of improper use of IT by assuming their ethical responsibilities for the ergonomic
design, beneficial use, and enlightened management of information technologies in our society.
Ethical Responsibility in Business. Business and IT activities involve many ethical considerations. Basic principles of
technology and business ethics can serve as guidelines for business professionals when dealing with ethical business issues
that may arise in the widespread use of information technology in business and society. Examples include theories of
corporate social responsibility, which outline the ethical responsibility of management and employees to a company’s
stockholders, stakeholders, and society, and the four principles of technology ethics summarized in Figure 13.4.
Security Management. One of the most important responsibilities of the management of a company is to ensure the
security and quality of its IT-enabled business activities. Security management tools and policies can ensure the accuracy,
integrity, and safety of the information systems and resources of a company and thus minimize errors, fra ud, and security
losses in its business activities. Examples mentioned in the chapter include the use of encryption of confidential business
data, firewalls, e-mail monitoring, antivirus software, security codes, backup files, security monitors, biometric security
measures, computer failure controls, fault-tolerant systems, disaster recovery measures, information system controls, and
security audits of business systems.
Ethical responsibility :-is the duty to follow a morally correct path. In your personal life, you might feel the
greatest sense of ethical responsibility to your family and close friends. But small business owners also
have ethical responsibilities to the many people who count on them to do the right thing.

4. CYBER CRIME AND PRIVACY ISSUES:-