Social & Ethical Issues of IT

&
Security Systems for Risk Mgt
Introduction.
Computer is the most wonderful and versatile tool
ever invented by man . Networking has added to its
capabilities manifold. The internet is the most
wonderful of all inventions. It has a negative impact on
individuals, organizations, the society and for the
whole world.
Any new technology solves a few existing problems
and create many new problems for the society. Its
deployment in homes and offices have given rise to
many ethical ,social and security problems.
Social & Ethical Issues of IT
Ethics refers to the principles of right and wrong that
the society accepts over a period of time. These are used
in judging behavior of every member of the society.
Since IT & IS causes massive changes in social & org.
spheres, they also give rise to some social and ethical
issues.
Protecting intellectual property rights in digital
economy is very difficult. Violation of such intellectual
property rights gives rise to new issues in protecting
intellectual property rights.
Moral Dimensions of IT use
a) Privacy and freedom in an information society.
b) Internet and privacy of individuals.
c) Intellectual Property Rights (IPRs)
Social Issues
A. Quality of data & poor system performance.
B. Pornography.
C. Health Risk.
Security Systems for Risk Mgt
i. Security issues.
ii. Physical security.
iii. Data security.
 Security Measures
I. Firewall.

Customer PC Internet Firewall Web Server

Merchant
RDBMS Server
II. Pass word.

III. Encryption.

Encrypts Decrypts
Sender Msg with Msg with
private Recipient
public key
key
IV. Digital Signature.
V. Digital Certificate.
VI. Disaster Recovery plans.
THANK YOU
Prepared By:
Sumi
Vipin
Varghesekutty