How can a company limit the harm from deliberate damage to its data?
ABy backing up critical information regularly
BBy allowing only managers to enter any data
CBy storing all data on a single office machine
DBy printing every record before it is deleted
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. By backing up critical information regularly
1. An unhappy employee could delete information on past orders and future inventory needs.
2. Such sabotage could severely disrupt production and the accounts payable system.
3. Wilful acts to destroy or change data in computers are hard to prevent.
4. To lessen the damage, companies should back up critical information.
_Source: OpenStax Introduction to Business (CC BY 4.0), Ch 13 "Using Technology to Manage Information", section 13.5 Data Security Issues_
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