A survey of your firm's IT infastructure has identified a number of security vulnerabilities. Review the data

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A survey of your firm's IT infastructure has identified a number of security vulnerabilities. Review the data about these vulnerabilities, which can be found in a table in MyMISLab. Use the table to answer the following questions:

1. Calculate the total number of vulnerabilities for each platform. What is the potential impact of the security problems for each computing platform on the organization?

2. If you only have one information systems specialist in charge of security, which platforms should you address first in trying to eliminate these vulnerabilities? Second? Third? Last? Why?

3. Identify the types of control problems these vulnerabilities illustrate and explain the measures that should be taken to solve them.

4. What does your firm risk by ignoring the security vulnerabilities identified?

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Essentials of MIS

ISBN: 978-0134238241

12th edition

Authors: Kenneth C. Laudon, Jane P. Laudon

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