Data Security

Data Security

1. Physical

   • Theft
     • internal
       • lock doors
         • RFID / Biometrics
           • this shows who is allowed by their eyes.
       • security cards
         • this card has a certain scanner on it which identifies who the person is
     • external
   • hardware failure
     • back ups
       • fire proof safe
         • this keeps the data safe from any fires etc
       • paper based dont get backed up
       • archiving
         • place or store (something) in an archive.
   • damage
   • natural Disaster
     • storms
     • fire
     • earthquake
       • this could damage effect the physical things for example computers

2. Digital

   • accedental
   • deliberate
     • Hacking
       • external
         • Trojans
           • In computing, Trojan horse, or Trojan, is any malicious computer program which is used to hack into a computer by misleading users of its true intent.
         • viruses
           • an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host.
       • internal
         • access levels
           • this lets the designers know who is on the specific website etc.
   • integrity
   • phishing
     • Phishing is the attempt to obtain sensitive information such as usernames, passwords
   • obfuscation
     • hiding the data (replacing letters with stars/ blobs), blocking them out
   • encryption
     • jumbling up the data so that it makes no sense without the encryption key

3. data protection act