NAME: Petalver, Karen C.

SECTION: BSIT 3A

ASSIGNMENT NO.4

1. Do you agree to John Naisbitt’s statement? Yes or No and Why? Give examples
to prove.
“The new source of power is not money in the hands of the few, but information
in the hands of the many,”

ANSWER:

Yes, I do agree on John Naisbitt’s statement. The information we have nowadays

and the ones who control them holds an influential power in the society. This is
because in this day and age considering that we are living in the digital or new
media age, information is highly accessible and could be spread easily throughout
multiple platforms, just how in just one click in someone’s post, we can abruptly
cause a commotion and make it trending afterwards.

Now, if we are to relate this with systems integration and architecture, this falls
under the information systems themselves. Any organization could attain their
objectives and be successful only if there’s consistency in the management of
organizational and financial data with efficient information systems. The information
systems that we have today hold operational data, revision histories, communication
records and confidential documents. This mainly shows how significant information
is to make an organization functional and continuously operational. Moreover, if an
organization expose the information recklessly or due to attacks, this can be used
against them, could bring damage to the systems or worse, the reason of the
downfall of the organization.

To sum it up, in my perspective, the power that John Naisbitt’s was referring to if I
were to relate it with this subject is mainly the aftermath of the information being
handled and exposed. If the employees and the departments assess, handle and
manage the information in an efficient manner, this brings power to the organization
which are the accomplishments. On the other hand, exposing one’s information
recklessly gives the attackers’ the power to take over the system or the organization
itself.
2. Is Shun Tzu’s quotation applicable in Information System? Yes or No and How
and Why?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of hundred
battles. If you know yourself not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also
suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in
every battle,”

ANSWER: Yes. The quote of Shu Tzu is applicable in identifying an organization’s

information system’s strengths, weaknesses and potential threats. Studying one’s
information system thoroughly from the structure itself towards how the data is being
kept, features that need upgrade and maintenance, knowing the downsides and
vulnerability, and configuring all the aspects of the system gives the organization the
capacity to handle when things get out of hand internally.

However, even if the organization perceives its information system rigorously but
fails to assess possible attacks and threats, there’s still a massive space for
conflicts. The system will still have the possibility to be in jeopardy and prone to
damages from the attacks since this just puts the organization in amenity, not
knowing when their enemies will attack and what their variety of motives and
invasion mechanisms are. Moreover, if an organization fails in assessing the system
and its probable assaults, its information system will constantly encounter
drawbacks and complications.

In conclusion, the assessment of one’s information system’s not just internal (the
system itself) but the external factors (enemy attacks) is crucial in the aspect of the
prevention of confronting potential threats and how the organization should deal with
them if it happens in the subsequent years.