Testing is the key

Tuesday's class was about internet viruses and malware and it reminded me of health class in junior high when we talked about STD's. The structure of both classes really was very similar.

• Step 1: Scare people about how bad Internet viruses or STD's are to your health
  
• Step 2: Inform how you can prevent viruses (i.e. virus checker, firewalls or condoms)
• Step 3: Avoid risky behavior (i.e. don't go to sites or open suspicious emails
  

Aside from this comparison I will say Tuesday's lecture brought up a much more important point that companies have to think through their data management policies. This can have far reaching implications from who has access to view what data but also to how files should be named. Without having a standard group to oversee data management the ability to identify where files are located or protect data from being used improperly becomes very difficult.