Questions and Answers of Experiencing MIS

What are the sources and types of security threats? LO.1
What are the elements of a security program? LO.1
How can technical safeguards protect against security threats? LO.1
How can data safeguards protect against security threats? LO.1
How can human safeguards protect against security threats? LO.1
What is necessary for disaster preparedness? LO.1
How should organizations respond to security incidents? LO.1
What characteristics make international IT management challenging? LO.1
Why is international information systems development difficult? LO.1
What are the challenges of international project management? LO.1
What are the challenges of international IT management? LO.1
How does the international dimension affect computer security risk management? LO.1
Explain the term metasecurity. Describe two metasecurity problems not mentioned in this guide. LO.1
Describe the dilemma posed by an in-house hacker. Describe the problem of using an outside company for hacking. If you were asked to manage a project to test your computer network security, would you
Explain why part of the security solution lies in openness. Describe how openness applies to accounting controls like the one you designed in your answer to question LO.1
Explain the danger of procedural controls that rely on secrecy. LO.1
Visit www.fraudwatchinternational.com/phishing.Select five of what you consider to be the most outrageous phishing examples. In each case, identify the following:a. The data the attack was designed
Suppose that you work for Barclays, PayPal, Visa, or any other major organization that is vulnerable to phishing. (It will be easier to answer this question if you choose an organization for which
Phishing is an industry-wide problem. Organizations may better be able to solve phishing problems or mitigate their consequences by working together.a. Name and describe three specific industry
Summarize the damage that a phishing attack causes an organization's brand. What can organizations do to minimize this damage? LO.1
Visit www.choicepoint.com. Summarize the products that ChoicePoint provides. What seems to be the central theme of this business? LO.1
Trevor quit the company when he didn’t get a bonus. He was mad at Graham and attempted to make the data theft look like Graham’s doing. LO.1
Graham had used several real accounts for testing his new Web site programs, and it was those accounts for which Trevor received the credit card data. Trevor had no intention of stealing such data.He
MRVis too small to have an HR department, and so no formal employee termination procedure exists.Nonetheless, Sue or Eddie should think about proper procedures to protect IS and IT when employees
Asa general rule, I believe that if an organization is too small to have an IT department, they are too small to place credit card or other sensitive data on a computer-based system. Instead, they
Review the threats and safeguards.For each threat in Figure 12-1:a. Give an example of how that threat could compromise IS, data, or IT at MRV.b. Is MRV particularly vulnerable to that threat because
Consider human safeguards in particular:a. Explain why the data loss resulted from a lack of human safeguards.b. Even though MRV is small, describe employee termination procedures as they relate to
Consider the problem of a remote site:MRV has a remote site in Baker, Oregon (recall that the home office is located in Boise, Idaho). Assume that there is a network connection between the two
Consider the security needs of the Web site:MRV’s Web site is hosted by an independent vendor.If MRV stores customers’ names and email addresses, but no credit card data, on that server,a. What
Assume you have graduated and are working in your chosen field of study:sales, marketing, finance, general management, or IT. Suppose that you learn there is a systems development project underway,
Suppose you have just taken over the management of a department that has just begun to use a new information system. Assume that the information system has not been reliable and is difficult to use.
Assume that you have just taken over the management of a department that depends on a particular information system to do its work. You ask your employees to show you the procedures for departmental
Turn to the Contents Overview on pages x-xi, and reflect on what you've learned from this textbook.a. Which chapter or chapter extension was the most interesting to you?b. How can you use your answer
Summarize the ways that you believe the knowledge you have gained about MIS will be helpful to you in your career. Give specific examples using at least five chapters or chapter extensions. LO.1
Suppose that you work for a company in an internship in your chosen field of study. Write a memo to your boss requesting that your employer pay the tuition for this class. In your memo, explain how
Suppose you are given the task of keeping track of the number of labor hours invested in meetings for systems development projects. Assume your company uses the traditional SDLC and that each phase
Ignoring developments that have occurred since this case was written, what statement can be made about the technical feasibility, cost feasibility, and schedule feasibility of this project? LO.1
Use your imagination to try to understand how this situation came about.The IRS selected a team of contractors to develop the information systems that would support the modernization effort. Those
Suppose you are a senior IRS manager. In defense of your management, you say, “We hired reputable contractors who had extensive experience developing large and complicated systems. When they told
Does it seem remarkable that, according to the SEI review, no one has yet considered the time, cost, and difficulty of harvesting the rules? Clearly, the need to allocate time and labor to that
Suppose it turns out that a rule-based system is infeasible for processing more complicated tax returns. What alternatives are available to the IRS? As a taxpayer, which do you recommend? LO.1
Google “IRS CADE problems” and read three or four articles and reports on recent developments. Comment on any recent information that sheds light on your answers to questions 1 through LO.1
What strategy for solving this problem does the IRS seem to be following? How likely is that strategy to succeed? LO.1
Why learn collaboration skills? LO.1
What is collaboration? LO.1
What is an effective team? LO.1
What skills are important for effective collaboration? LO.1
What characterizes productive conflict? LO.1
How can you improve your collaboration skills? LO.1
Explain why collaboration is important in business. LO.1
Why use information systems for collaboration? LO.1
How can you use collaboration systems to improve team communication? LO.1
How can you use collaboration systems to manage content? LO.1
How can you use collaboration systems to control workflow? LO.1
What are the differences among Google Docs &Spreadsheets, Microsoft Groove, and Microsoft SharePoint? LO.1
What are recommended uses for particular collaboration tools? LO.1
Q1 What are the sources and types of security threats?
Q2 What are the elements of a security program?
Q3. How can technical safeguards protect against security threats?
Q4 How can data safeguards protect against security threats?
Q5 How can human safeguards protect against security threats?
Q6 What is necessary for disaster preparedness?
Q7 How should organizations respond to security incidents
3. Describe the dilemma posed by an in-house hacker. Describe the*** problem of using an outside company for hacking. If you were asked to manage a project to test your computer network security,
2. Suppose you lose your company laptop at an airport. What should you do? Does it matter what data is stored on your disk drive? If the computer contained sensitive or proprietary data, are you
4. Dee’s consultant was given permission to install software on a server inside Emerson’s network.Suppose he had been a computer criminal.a. Using Figure 12-1 as a guide, what might he have
Read about phishing in MIS in Use 12 page 290, if you have not done so already.1. Visit www.fraudwatchinternational.com/phishing.Select five of what you consider to be the most outrageous phishing
2. Suppose that you work for Barclays, PayPal, Visa, or any other major organization that is vulnerable to phishing. (It will be easier to answer this question if you choose an organization for which
3. Phishing is an industry-wide problem. Organizations may better be able to solve phishing problems or mitigate their consequences by working together.a. Name and describe three specific industry
4. Summarize the damage that a phishing attack causes an organization's brand. What can organizations do to minimize this damage?
Q1 What characteristics make international IT management challenging?
Why is international information systems development difficult?
Q3 What are the challenges of international project management?
Q4 What are the challenges of international IT management?
How does the international dimension affect computer security risk management?
1. Assume you have graduated and are working in your chosen field of study:sales, marketing, finance, general management, or IT. Suppose that you learn there is a systems development project
2. Suppose you have just taken over the management of a department that has just begun to use a new information system. Assume that the information system has not been reliable and is difficult to
3. Assume that you have just taken over the management of a department that depends on a particular information system to do its work. You ask your employees to show you the procedures for
4. Turn to the Contents Overview on pages x-xi, and reflect on what you've learned from this textbook.a. Which chapter or chapter extension was the most interesting to you?b. How can you use your
5. Summarize the ways that you believe the knowledge you have gained about MIS will be helpful to you in your career. Give specific examples using at least five chapters or chapter extensions.
6. Suppose that you work for a company in an internship in your chosen field of study. Write a memo to your boss requesting that your employer pay the tuition for this class. In your memo, explain
7. Examine the grid outline of the PMBOK® Guide in Figure CE19-3 (page 570).a. Explain, in general terms, how each of the knowledge areas in that grid pertains to information systems projects.b.
1. Suppose you are given the task of keeping track of the number of labor hours invested in meetings for systems development projects. Assume your company uses the traditional SDLC and that each
2. Use Access to develop af ailure-tracking database application. For each failure, your application should record the following:FailureNumber (Use an Access autonumber data type.)DateReported
3. Suppose you work for a small manufacturer of industrial-handling equipment, such as conveyor belts, wheeled carts, dollies, and so on. Assume your company employs 80 people in standard functions,
4. Suppose you manage a department of 20 employees and you wish to build an information system to track their computers, the software that resides on those computers, and the licenses for each
5. Assume you have been given the task of compiling evaluations that your company’s purchasing agents make of their vendors. Each month, every purchasing agent evaluates all of the vendors that he
6. Develop a spreadsheet model of the cost of a virus attack in an organization that has three types of computers: employee workstations, data servers, and Web servers. Assume the number of computers
1. Ignoring developments that have occurred since this case was written, what _ Statement can be made about the technical feasibility, cost feasibility, and schedule feasibility of this project?
2. Use your imagination to try to understand how this situation came about.The IRS selected a team of contractors to develop the information systems that would support the modernization effort. Those
3. Suppose you are a senior IRS manager. In defense of your management, you say, “We hired reputable contractors who had extensive experience developing — ;large and complicated systems. When
4. Does it seem remarkable that, according to the SEI review, no one has yet considered the time, cost, and difficulty of harvesting the rules? Clearly, the need to allocate time and labor to that
5. Suppose it turns out that a rule-based system is infeasible for processing more complicated tax returns. What alternatives are available to the IRS? As a taxpayer, which do you recommend?6. Google
Q1 Why learn collaboration skills?
Q2 What is collaboration?
Q3 What is an effective team?
Q4 What skills are important for effective collaboration?
Q5 What characterizes productive conflict?
Q6 How can you improve your collaboration skills?
1. Explain why collaboration is important in business.

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