Posted: April 18th, 2016

Where is the city of Chicago??

A research conducted in the City of Chicago revealed that most individuals use passwords for a short period when the information security threat alert is high but later share them out or remove them from their computer systems. The use of passwords might also not be durable in job structures where employees are shifted from one computer system to another depending on the nature of their tasks. The use of purchased and installed software programs is durable as the program span only requires license renewal and frequent updating to current versions. The duration of the antivirus and other security software are also not affected by organizational factors like job rotation and change of duties among others. The security software and other programs are also oriented to meet future information security needs of an organization through the availability of updates to keep pace with the ever-changing nature of threats in information technology. This was seen in the long period that most businesses reported having been using the software alternative in the research study. The best alternative for securing business information is the one that protects it against information security threats for a long period of the lifetime of a particular information system. Therefore, the use of antivirus programs and other security software was found to be the most appropriate alternative taking into consideration the aspect of the service duration. Before deciding on securing business data by use of a given alternative, the management of the entities should ensure that it is practical to be exercised across the entire organization. Practicability is, therefore, the last criterion that the research based on while establishing the most appropriate approach in securing a given set of business data. From the research study conducted in the City of Chicago, most businessmen and employees of the various organization responded that it is not practical to an individual to keep changing strong passwords over time. The strong passwords are usually long and complex making it difficult for an individual to change the already mastered one and create another code. It is also not practical to use strong and complex passwords on shared information systems as various individuals might differ in the opinion about the best passwords to use