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Computing International Journal of Enterprise Computing and Business Systems 2230ISSN (Online) : 2230-8849 http://www.ijecbs.com Vol. 1 Issue 2 July 2011
SECURITY AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN IT: AN ORGANIZATION’S PERSPECTIVE
Devendra Kumar Tiwary Assistant Professor*, Department of Computer Application, Technical Education & Research Institute, Post-Graduate College, Ravindrapuri, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA)
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ABSTRACT
Information Technology is changing the face of contemporary World. The IT has not only connected the World at one single platform but it is also helping in the integration of various traditional societies into modern societies. Information systems raise new and oftenperplexing security and ethical problems. This is truer today than ever because of the challenges posed by the Internet and electronic commerce to the protection of privacy and intellectual property. Information technology has raised new possibilities for behavior for which laws and rules of acceptable conduct have not yet been developed. Information technology is introducing changes that create new security and ethical issues for societies to debate and resolve. Increasing computing power, storage, and networking capabilities— including the Internet—can expand the reach of individual and organizational actions and magnify their impacts. The ease and anonymity with which information can be communicated, copied, and manipulated in online environments are challenging traditional rules of right and wrong behavior. Ethical issues confront individuals who must choose a course of action, often in a situation in which two or more ethical principles are in conflict. This paper argues that we must reconsider our approach to information security from the ground up if we are to deal effectively with the problem of information risk. Keywords: Challenges, Ethics, Information System, Information Technology, Security.
SECURITY AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN IT: AN ORGANIZATION’S PERSPECTIVE
Devendra Kumar Tiwary Assistant Professor*, Department of Computer Application, Technical Education & Research Institute, Post-Graduate College, Ravindrapuri, Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh (INDIA)
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ABSTRACT
Information Technology is changing the face of contemporary World. The IT has not only connected the World at one single platform but it is also helping in the integration of various traditional societies into modern societies. Information systems raise new and oftenperplexing security and ethical problems. This is truer today than ever because of the challenges posed by the Internet and electronic commerce to the protection of privacy and intellectual property. Information technology has raised new possibilities for behavior for which laws and rules of acceptable conduct have not yet been developed. Information technology is introducing changes that create new security and ethical issues for societies to debate and resolve. Increasing computing power, storage, and networking capabilities— including the Internet—can expand the reach of individual and organizational actions and magnify their impacts. The ease and anonymity with which information can be communicated, copied, and manipulated in online environments are challenging traditional rules of right and wrong behavior. Ethical issues confront individuals who must choose a course of action, often in a situation in which two or more ethical principles are in conflict. This paper argues that we must reconsider our approach to information security from the ground up if we are to deal effectively with the problem of information risk. Keywords: Challenges, Ethics, Information System, Information Technology, Security.
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