Looking back over this semester, undertaking this course was a new and different experience for myself after completing e-Business foundation unit the previous semester. Venturing back to my very first blog entry in this subject my reason for deciding to undertake this course was structured only having online content and no set classes. After completing this course the reasons were what i expected and there were no real surprises in the subject.
I stated in my first blog entry that i hoped to learn several aspects out of completing this subject. These included that i hoped to expand my knowledge of areas such as online security, protection of my personal information and learn about new areas that i was not aware of before completing this subject.
After going through this subject i have definitely expanded my knowledge of online information security. Vast amounts of information and detail were covered over the duration of the subject. It can be said i learnt and took something out of each topic. In some of the topics i already had some knowledge of the content that was covered. For example i already knew a bit about physical security from working and training in the workplace, i have also learnt about physical security through general knowledge. But even in this topic i discovered vast amounts of new information and areas that i had absolutely no idea about before participating in this course.
In my very first blog entry i also stated that i hoped from under taking this subject i could use my knowledge gained to help me in my professional life as an accountant. In the world of accounting, accountants are privy to vast amounts of financial information which they need to keep secure for any individual or company that is a client of their firm. Information security plays a huge role in this area and is a very important aspect that accountants needs to be aware of. Going back through most of, if not all of the topics covered in this course, including the need for information security, Risk management, implementing security, etc.., all of these are relevant and can be of use to any accountant in the business world. Hopefully, knowledge i have learnt here can be of use to me in my professional life in the accounting field. Knowledge from completing corporate information security hopefully can complement knowledge i have learnt and will learn in the future in all areas of business.
Personally i do not believe that one particular area of information security is more important than another area. Together all the aspects of information security work together to strengthen any entity's information security system. Having a weak link in the chain will allow the entity to be vulnerable to threats and attacks of various natures. If there is one weak link then the entire system is vulnerable, an entity must be willing to employ several individuals or a team that can look after an entity's information security needs.
Aspects which i thought i may have learnt more about were more technically based computer knowledge. I expected to learn about how to actually install and implement information security, even if it was only on a small basis such as just a personal computer, for example my own. I thought the course may involve more technical jargon and computer based work, as i do not really understand this sort of stuff it may have been useful to learn. However technical aspects about computers do not really interest me, so them not really being part of the subject did not really bother me.
Before participating and undertaking in corporate information security i had a very limited understanding and idea of the depth and importance that this aspect of a business can have to protect entity's. I suppose from never doing a lot of this sort of work, except for a bit of Risk management in some other business subjects i never really understood the full meaning of information security.
The aspects of this subject which i found most interesting were the topics of the need for security and the legal, ethical and professional issues. I found the legal, ethical and professional issues topic interesting as i have completed a few law subjects and this related to those involving aspects of the law, they were new aspects that i did not previously know about and i found interesting to learn about. Aspects of the subject which i found uninteresting and appealing to myself were topics which included a lot technical jargon as i am not really interested in that sort of stuff as i stated previously. I also did not find topics that were over flowing with information to interesting either.
Other than the first topic which was an introduction to information security, the topic on physical security was another topic which i found relatively easy to understand. None of the topics covered in the subject were too difficult to get a basic understanding of, concepts in each topic required some reading and thought. To master these topics though is a task which would take years of training, experience and practice.
In regards to how this subject was facilitated, overall i found it fairly sufficient. I personally feel that going to lectures and tutorials aids my learning style a lot better as i am a more kinaesthetic learner and learn by doing, rather reading slides and slabs of text which at times i find it does not really help to learn new concepts.
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