Threats to Computer Systems

 

Active threats

    Input manipulation

    Program alteration

    Direct file alteration

    Data theft

    Sabotage

    Misappropriation or theft of computer resources

Passive threats

    System faults (power, communications, hardware)

    Disasters (water, fire, wind, earthquake)

 

Source: Bodnar, G. H. and Hopwood, W. S. (1998). Accounting Information Systems (7th ed.). p. 217-225. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

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