Read Case 1: “Snowfall and the stolen laptop”
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- Note: Case studies are available in the course pack for purchase from Harvard Business Publishing: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/853285
Answer the following 3 questions and post your analysis to Canvas :
- Consider Ash Rao’s role as Dean of the Saunders College of Business. How important is his laptop to him? What information might he have on that machine?
- Evaluate (not just list) the steps that Dave Ballard and Nick Francesco took in response to Dean Rao’s email informing them that his laptop had been stolen.
- Assume you are tasked with designing a new policy that highlights information security best practices related specifically to mobile devices at RIT, including laptops, smartphones, and tablets. The new policy should supplement RIT’s Information Security Policy and Acceptable Use Policy (see the case’s Exhibits 4 and 5). What practices would you recommend? How could you make staff aware of the policy and encourage their compliance?
Note: Be sure to…
- Post your answers to the weekly reading/discussion question(s) on the class blog for Unit #2 by the due date according to the Weekly Cycle schedule in the Syllabus page 7
- Post your answers to the case study questions in Canvas by the due date according to the Weekly Cycle schedule in the Syllabus page 7
- Post your comments on your fellow students’ posted answers by the due date according to the Weekly Cycle schedule in the Syllabus page 7
- Post your In the News topic by the due date according to the Weekly Cycle schedule in the Syllabus page 7