Discussion

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Clear and specific policies coupled with technology can secure your network. There must be a balance between tight security and the ability of users to have access to resources to perform their job duties. Discuss each of the following scenarios:

• Imagine you are an information technology (IT) manager at the organization that you chose for your project. List as many different kinds of users as you can think of who would need access to the organization's servers to perform their jobs. What permissions would you give each type of worker and why?

• Suppose a worker in your organization frequently forgets his or her password, attempts to use obvious passwords, reuses old passwords, and sometimes gets locked out of the system for failed log-in attempts. How would you deal with such a user? What organizational policies should be in place for handling user behaviors of this kind?

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening.