Wednesday, April 23, 2008

security issues

I thought that Dr. Schultz brought up some very good points in class tonight about security issues in regards to Microsoft Access. It seems that this is a big issue that will affect many businesses. It is very important to make sure that all these issues are addressed as we saw tonight. I was very surprised that even though a Microsoft Access file can be password protected that the file can still be tampered. Even though you need to have some knowledge to be able to tamper with a file it still did not seem that complicated which is pretty scary. Also, I thought it was interesting that when Microsoft Access is imported into excel there are security issues.

These issues will need to be addressed in many workplaces to make sure that information is not compromised. As Dr. Schultz brought up though, these new security measures that must be taken will probably slow down billable hours. It will be interesting to see how companies deal with this.

1 comment:

Tetsu said...

This is where Dr. Miller's RFID comes in. Why not incorporate the use of password and RFID to ensure the security of the company's file. Of course, computer and security professionals must have a much better idea than I. Well, just a thought.