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Computer systems need maximum security to prevent an unauthorized access. State six precautions that you would expect an organization to take to prevent illegal access...

Computer systems need maximum security to prevent an unauthorized access. State six precautions that you would expect an organization to take to prevent illegal access to its computer-based systems.

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Kavungya
• Lock the doors, (i.e. keep the computers in a strong room, which should remain firmly locked when nobody is using it).
• Avoid welcoming strangers into the computer room
• Use of personal identification cards
• Use of fingerprint identification
• Install security alarms at strategic access points so as to alert the security personnel in case of a break in.
• Use of special voice recorders that would be able to analyse the voice of a trespasser & check against the database containing the voice patterns of valid users
• Enforce data & information access control policies on all employees to control access to data
• Use file passwords to prevent any person from getting access to the electronic files
• Enforce network security measures, e.g. use of firewalls
• Encrypt the data & information during transmission
Kavungya answered the question on June 6, 2019 at 08:35

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