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The final security measure my organization implements well is monitoring internet usage by limiting the access for most employees to search websites that are not related to the organization. With having mainly intranet connections the chances for spyware, malware, and viruses are to a minimum. Even wireless computers and hand held devices that access the organization's network have limited internet capability.

I feel that my organization is doing a great job in securing data, while other in my organization feel that the company is being too extreme. Is it possible to be too secure and that being a bad position for an organization?

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This solution discusses some impacts of having overly tight security of information and data in an organization.

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Subject: Computer Science Topic: Informatics Level: Other
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The final security measures my organization implements well is monitoring internet usage by limiting the access for most employees to search websites that are not related to the organization. With having mainly intranet connections the chances for spyware, malware, and viruses are to a minimum. Even wireless computers and hand held devices that access the organization's network have limited internet capability.

I feel that my organization is doing a great job in securing data; while other in my organization feels that the company is being too extreme. Is it possible to be too secure and that being a bad position ...

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