ITGS Strand 1

Protection from unauthorized access. (Keep strangers OUT and friends IN; know - have - am)

Appropriate and ethical behavior when using IT.

Establishing a user’s identity for safety and control. (Enabled by Security)

The use of IT to monitor the actions of people (e.g. CCTV).

Rules that facilitate communication between IT systems (compatibility)

Norms (rules) that promote appropriate use of IT (e.g. user agreements)

In which Paper will you have to identify and describe a social/ ethical issue related to IT?

Unequal access to information.

Human dependency on IT.

The control of how information is used/shared. (At its extreme it becomes ______.)

Ensures that a product is trustworthy and it will do what it says it will do.

Accuracy of data (enabled by Security)

Creative work (ideas, discoveries) that can be protected by copyright, trademark and patents.

Global connection providing instant information.