Discuss three sources of exposure (threats) to the operating system.
What will be an ideal response?
1. Privileged personnel who abuse their authority. Systems administrators and systems programmers require unlimited access to the operating system to perform maintenance and to recover from system failures. Such individuals may use this authority to access users' programs and data files.
2. Individuals both internal and external to the organization who browse the operating system to identify and exploit security flaws.
3. Individuals who intentionally (or accidentally) insert computer viruses or other forms of destructive programs into the operating system.
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What will be an ideal response?
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