Saturday, September 24, 2011

Week 3- Computer Forensics

All the business that the Bacon Flipper is going to make has to be kept confidential. It would be useless if the company didn't have enough security and protection to keep this information safe. The company needs this security so that no competitors of Bacon Flipper will know of its business partners and transactions. In addition to information security, the business will also need to know which methods of payment to use when paying for resources.
Since it is so risky to use debit cards and cold hard cash, we will use credit cards to pay for everything. It's easier on credit because the company will be able to manage the money and if we ever go over the amount of money that we have in our checking accounts, we can always have our bank contact us to tell us about our overdraw. When we are on our company's bank accounts, we have to be especially careful with our surroundings and where we access our information because information can be accessed from anywhere, especially since our company is so successful. Since that is the case, the most important rule for when we access the company's bank accounts is to access it by our personal laptops or at the company's computers. This is because we have complete control over our own personal items and the company's computer will be secured. However if we were to access information through our smart phones, then we would be at risk because smart phones are small and are very easily lost. Information on smart phones may seem to be erased but it is still retrievable. If our company's checking and banking account numbers were retrieved, then that would be the end of our company.
The last thing that we need is managing credit. We need great accountants and great banks to help us create this good credit so that we may be able to bring in the big bucks in the future. We need good credit to get loans and big amounts of money so that we can expand the Bacon Flipper and make it more than what it already is. But nothing can happen if we don't have the people there to help us and if we don't have the security to help us make it happen. The best way to do this is by having high expectations for security-oriented people and our company's monetary information will be kept safe.

1 comment:

  1. Computer Security is a huge topic of growing concern. Are you really comfortable allowing such sensitive data to be accessed by personal computers? PC's such as laptops get lost or forgotten or shared. I would be wary, but if you have some sort of security software ensuring safety, then by all means. :)

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