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How can unauthorized access lead to a threat to computer systems and what control measure can be put in place to curb this vice?

Discuss how unauthorized access can lead to a threat to computer systems and what control measure can be put in place to curb this vice.

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Maurice
(a) The threat incidents occur when the computer system does not have both the logical and physical security mechanisms.

(b) Access to computer/ information system by an unauthorized persons is likely to result to undesirable threats such as deleting and modifying contents, theft or piracy.

Control measures.
(a) The threat incidents can be controlled by enforcing the logical and physical security mechanisms in an information system environment.

(b) Correcting Computer hardware and software faults.
maurice.mutuku answered the question on April 14, 2018 at 14:44

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