Preventing Unethical Handling of Information Resources at Smart Software Pty Ltd
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Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Main Body.......................................................................................................................................2a) Ethical issues related to mishandling of various information resources produced at SmartSoftware Pty Ltd by the staff members.......................................................................................2b) Measures that Smart Software Pty Ltd should take to prevent its staff members fromhandling information unethically.................................................................................................2c) Information assets of Smart Software Pty Ltd.........................................................................3d) InfoSec risks associated with these information assets...........................................................3e) Risk management framework(s) that could be adopted to manage the InfoSec risks.............4Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5References........................................................................................................................................62
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Introduction Information Security Management (ISM) is defined as a set or standard of practices and policiesthat systematically engage in managing the sensitive data of an organisation. The key aim ofinformation security management is to curtail the risk and to ensure business steadiness by pro-actively restraining the effect of a security breach (Stewart and Jürjens, 2017). The assignmentfocuses on analysing the scenario of Smart Software Pty Ltd by discussing it following ethicalissues that often arise with mishandling of information resources. Main Body a) Ethical issues related to mishandling of various information resources produced at SmartSoftware Pty Ltd by the staff membersSmart Software Pty Ltd is one of the leading software company based in Melbourne that deals indeveloping customised software for Australian business clients (McCormac et al. 2017). Thecompany manages six different teams that have access to vast information resources that areproduced at the cited company. The staff members often engage in the mishandling of theinformation resources due to ethical issues such as - Unauthorised access to the computers- The key ethical issue related to mishandling ofinformation resources is unauthorized access to the computers by the staff members ofSmart Software Pty Ltd. The staff members are restricted towards accessing the computeror system of their senior personnel or manager as it contains crucial information and datathat does not want to get disclosed among the employees (Sauerwein et al. 2018).Violating company internet policies- Another ethical issue connected with mishandlingof the information resources arises when the staff members break the company internetpolicies by accessing the permitted software. There are the software's within the citedfirm that is closed sourced and permitted to access by some authorities. This form ofbehaviour has nothing to do with their work and lead to mishandling of information. b) Measures that Smart Software Pty Ltd should take to prevent its staff members from handling information unethicallyIn order to prevent the staff members from the handling of information unethically, it has beenassessed that Smart Software Pty Ltd. has engaged in several measures such as- Establish a strong security policy- The key measure focuses on establishing a strongsecurity policy in the cited firm so that employees or staff members do not engage in3
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