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Q1: Define Information Security, list the four types of security that contribute to Information Security, and provide an example of each. Do you have any personal experience with any of the four types of security? Which, if any, are the most important in your opinion?

Q2: Describe cyber-victimization and why it is growing. What characteristics of the Internet make finding victims easier than in the physical world? How may you protect your organization from cyber-victimization? What steps may you take to protect yourself?

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What is information security, and what is cyber victimization, how does it happen, and how to prevent loss of information security and prevent becoming a victim online.

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Q1: Define Information Security, http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/information-security.html
Safe-guarding an organization's data from unauthorized access or modification to ensure its availability, confidentiality, and integrity.

list the four types of security that contribute to Information Security, and provide an example of each.
I am not finding this information on any resources which spell out exactly four kinds - this may be from the author of your textbook or your professor. Essentially, what the resources I am reading are saying is that information security involves preventing unauthorized disclosure of data, preventing misuse of data, preventing modification of data, and preventing loss of access to data (maybe by natural disaster, too?)

Do you have any personal experience with any of the four types of security? I have on numerous occasions been informed (by bank, credit card company ...

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