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Security

Thus securing a system involves following measures :

                 

1.       Preventing unauthorized access i.e. hiding the information from unauthorisation users.

 

2.       Protection the system from malicious damage or misuse. Such intential misuse can be of the following kinds :

 

·         Theft of information

·         Unauthorized modification of data

·         Unauthorized destruction of data

 

3.       Protection the system against accidental misuse.

 

4.       The term security is often associated with protection with however, there is a difference between them. Protection is defined as guarding the user information against user within the system whereas security is defined as guarding the user information against unauthorized user outside the system




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