2. Say if the following statements are True or False.

1) The concept of treat and attack is similar.

2) The second type of treat is connected with accidental actions of people.

3) Modification of the asset is an increase in the balance of a bank account made by fair means.

4) A hacker who threatens your organization’s information assets has an advantage of vulnerabilities in the media and systems which handle them.

Vocabulary

3. Find English equivalents of the following phrases in the text.

1) результат, итог

2) обдуманные действия

3) случайно

4) уничтожение документов

5) невосстановимый

6) мошеннический

7) краткосрочный

8) уязвимость

4. Match the words 1-7 with the definitions a-g.

1. threat a) a signal to a computer that stops the

execution of a running program

2. disclosure b) to make a thin shallow cut or mark on (a

surface) with a sharp instrument

3. employee c) an indication of impending danger or harm

4. interruption d) extremely significant or important

5. scratch e) the act or process of revealing or uncovering

6. crucial f) the condition or fact of not achieving the

desired end

7. failure g) a worker who is hired to perform a job

5. Find the words in the text which have the similar meaning to the words below.

1) result

2) evil

3) tools

4) secrecy

5) ascent

6) undertake

7) purpose

6. Read the text below and choose the best option for each gap.

Information Assets

Information is an important asset to an organization. In recent years, a combination of computerized processing systems and electronic communication technologies has made possible new forms of working and trading based on the electronic (1) ……..……. of information. Such activity is called e-business or e-commerce. Two new, but already familiar, models of organizations working together electronically in this way are the following.

Business-to-business (b2b) commerce, in which businesses work (2) …………….. together, using the internet, to trade information, services and/or products. Examples include financial management and Web-server management.

Business-to-customer (b2c) commerce, in which the internet is used to connect a business (3) …..……….. to the customer without the need for premises such as shops or warehouses. Examples include many small software firms, the book retailer Amazon and economy airlines.

Despite their names, these models apply to not-for-profit as well as for-profit organizations. For example, the OASIS Universal Description, Discovery and Integration (UDDI) protocol is a directory service that (4) ……………. organizations and applications to find and use Web services over the internet. Of course, the electronic exchange of information takes place within individual organizations as well as between them, typically reducing communication delays. For example, separate business units within a company use email to (5) .…………. documents almost instantly, whereas in the past they had to rely on a comparatively slow internal mail system. Highly efficient intraorganizational workflows are now possible through electronic communication.

However, these new forms of communication and commerce also present new dangers since they make an organization’s information assets (6) ………….. to new threats. Access to vital assets may no longer be restricted to those who have a key for the lock of the door that protects a building. Electronic communication may make the whole world your market place; but there is a danger that it will also make the whole world your premises.

1. a) exchange b) revision c) translation

2. a) separately b) closely c) differently

3. a) indirectly b) directly c) correctly

4. a) prevents b) prohibits c) enables

5. a) transfer b) move c) relocate

6. a) subject b) topic c) concept

7. Revise grammar statement of modal of possibility and do the following task.

1. Some people ……… be interested in the new product.

2. We ……… have enough time to finish work today.

3. It`s dangerous to drive when you are tired, you ……….. have an accident.

4. People might travel on Mars one day, but it ……… be tomorrow.

5. He is working on the design of a new car and expects that it ………be ready by 2013.

8. Define ‘threat’ and ‘attack’ in relation to an information asset.

9. For each of the following situations, describe the information asset, the medium or system which handles it, a possible threat to it, and a possible defense:

1) a businessman riding his motorcycle to work and mulling over a new business idea;

2) a customer withdrawing money from a cash machine outside a bank;

3) a contractor digging holes near an organization’s communications cables;

4) a poorly trained IT support person working on a company database.

Unit 5