Technology guide 5 - Protecting your information assets. This chapter presents the following content: Explain why it is critical that you protect your information assets, identify the various behavioral actions you can take to protect your information assets, identify the various computer-based actions you can take to protect your information assets. | 16-12-09 TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 5: Protecting Your Information Assets INFORMATION SYSTEMS Supporting and Transforming Business Fourth Canadian Edition RAINER • PRINCE • SPLETTSTOESSER • SÁNCHEZ-RODRÍGUEZ 1 TECHNOLOGY GUIDE 5: PROTECTING YOUR INFORMATION ASSETS TG Introduction to Information Asset Protection TG Behavioural Actions to Protect Your Information Assets TG Computer-Based Actions to Protect Your Information Assets 2 LEARNING OBJECTIVES • Explain why it is critical that you protect your information assets. • Identify the various behavioural actions you can take to protect your information assets. • Identify the various computer-based actions you can take to protect your information assets. 3 1 16-12-09 TG INTRODUCTION TO INFORMATION ASSET PROTECTION • There are a number of behavioural actions that you should take to protect your information assets: • • General behavioural actions Computer-based actions • These actions are in the context of: • Your inventory of the types of information you are using, storing or accessing and • Your risk assessment: what could go wrong if the information were to be copied or stolen? 4 TG BEHAVIOURAL ACTIONS TO PROTECT YOUR INFORMATION ASSETS • Take action to protect information assets such as: • Personal Information • Social Insurance Number • Credit Cards • Debit Cards • Financial Accounts • Personal Mailbox • Dealing with old records 5 WHAT TO DO IN THE EVENT OF IDENTITY THEFT • If your social insurance number has been compromised, contact Service Canada; in the event of passport theft, you would contact your local passport office. • If you believe your mail is being diverted, contact your local Canada Post office. • Cancel all affected credit cards and obtain new credit card numbers. • Consult a lawyer for the type of paperwork that may be required to deal with disputes with financial institutions or credit-granting organizations. 6 2 16-12-09 WHAT TO DO IN THE .
