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Computer crime & abuse by IS employees: something to worry about? (information systems) (Cover Story)

Journal of Systems Management

| March 01, 1995 | Harrington, Susan J. | COPYRIGHT 1995 John Carroll University. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Most Information Systems (IS) managers have long been aware of the need to maintain system security, particularly against computer fraud and sabotage. However, IS managers may not consider their own programmers and analysts as possible perpetrators of computer fraud and sabotage. In addition, programmers and analysts may be in prime positions to initiate other forms of security problems, such as computer cracking (sometimes called hacking), viruses, and software copyright violations. Yet it is tempting for managers to believe that most such security problems come from outside the organization.

Unfortunately little is known about whether IS employees pose a serious ...

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