A Social Issue
This homework is worth 10 points.
Objectives
When you have finished this homework, you should have demonstrated your ability to analyze a problem, describing security flaws and possible legal issues associated with a computer system.
Discussion
In order to tighten campus security, the University has decided to place monitoring devices at all automobile entrances to campus. These devices include a camera which takes a picture of the driver and a second camera that takes a picture of the license plate. The system will transmit these images over a wireless network to a central location where the images, along with meta-information will be stored in a database. The database will be available to all officers on the campus police force, but only on computers physically located in the police station.
- Provide a list of potential security flaws associated with this system.
- Describe two of these security flaws in detail.
- Describe how these two security flaws can be mitigated.
- Provide a list of potential legal and or ethical issues associated with this system.
- Describe one of these legal/ethical issues in detail.
- Describe how this legal/ethical issue can be mitigated.
This will be graded for content and form.
Submission
Submit a document as an attachment to an email message to your instructor by noon on December 4.