IT Profession & Ethics

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IT PROFESSION & ETHICS
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Introduction
This report aims to discuss the role of IT and ethics within the organisation where IT
is extensively used. The selected organisation for conducting the interview is the ABC
organisation. This organisation uses IT significantly for the simplification of the various
processes. A team of four members has been selected for conducting the interview is the
selected organisation and gain the proper knowledge about the working of the IT in this
organisation. The interviewee who were selected for this interview are the manager, IT
department and the employees. The managers are responsible for all the business decisions
that are taken within the organisation. The IT ensures that all the employees of the
organisation have proper access to any kind of information whenever it is required by the
employees of the organisation. The employees work in the organisation and help in achieving
the organisational goals.
Interview preparation
The interview date has been confirmed on 2019-06-05. The interviewee was provided
with the copy of the interview questionnaire for allowing them to prepare for the interview.
Discussion
The interview started with the discussion about the security challenges of IoT. In the
present times, the IoT is being used in all the sectors that includes the industries as well as in
the homes of the common. Even though this technology provides significant benefits, it
comprises of several challenges that are required to be considered and analysed. Some of the
common security challenges in IoT are:
 Inadequate testing along with updating
 Issues of default passwords and the major issue of brute forcing

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 IoT malware along with ransomware
 IoT botnets aimed at the cryptocurrency
 Data security along with privacy issues
After concluding this topic of the interview, there was the major discussion about the
processes by which the challenges in IoT could be mitigated and ensure safe and secured use
of the IoT technology.
The discussion that followed this particular discussion was the impact of social
networking in the workplace productivity. The uptake of the social median has significantly
modified the workplace culture, in several instances leaving the companies considering the
impact of the use of the platforms could have on the business productivity. While any initial
corporate thinking of apprehensiveness towards the use of social media might have
significantly subsided in the recent times, several companies are still considering the
facilitating the employees within the organisation with the complete access to the social
networking domains during the work hours. While there is the visible cautiousness around the
use of social media from the individual perspective, the companies are growing to be
increasingly conscientious regarding the productivity that could be gained from the use of the
social networking sites from the perspective of the business. As the situation in the
consideration, the recruitment teams could gain significantly from the implementation of the
complete access of the social networking sites but the employees could use this facility in the
negative manner and abuse this facility significantly. The productivity of the recruitment
teams could increase significantly but the productivity of the employees could diminish
extensively. Moreover, from the perspective of the organisation, the companies are
increasingly creating the customised social platforms for driving the improved collaboration
in-house among the workforce. This enablement permits the employees to communicate
easily and it helps in improving the extensive sharing of data, all with the proper assuring the