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Government Agencies Storing Personal Information Law enforcement NCIC (National Crime Information Center) FBI Electronic Surveillance Carnivore or DCS-1000 Magic Lantern (software key logger) NSA (National Security Agency) Echelon collect electronic information by satellite 8-* Government Agencies Storing Personal Information IRS Census Bureau Student loan services FICA Social Security Administration Social service agencies Department of Motor Vehicles 8-* Laws on Privacy Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) protects personal health information Financial Services Modernization Act requires that financial institutions protect personal customer information Other laws in Figure 8.6 on page 244 8-* SECURITY AND EMPLOYEES Attacks on information and computer resources come from inside and outside the company Computer sabotage costs about $10 billion per year In general, employee misconduct is more costly than assaults from outside 8-* Security and Employees 8-* Security and Outside Threats Hackers – knowledgeable computer users who use their knowledge to invade other peoples computers Computer virus (virus) – software that is written with malicious intent to cause annoyance or damage Worm – type of virus that spreads itself from computer to computer usually via e-mail Denial-of-service (DoS) attack – floods a Web site with so many requests for service that it slows down or crashes 8-* Computer Viruses Can’t Hurt your hardware Ex: Monitors, printers, processors, etc. Hurt any files they weren’t designed to attack Ex: A worm designed to attack Outlook won’t attack other e-mail programs Infect files on write-protected media 8-* Security Measures Anti-virus software – detects and removes or quarantines computer viruses Anti-spyware and anti-adware software Spam protection software – identifies and marks and/or deletes Spam Anti-phishing software – lets you know when phishing attempts are being made Firewall – hardware and/or software that protects a com