Ethical Principles

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The School of Education, Syracuse University defines Ethical principles "provides a generalized framework within which particular ethical dilemmas may be analyzed" (soe.syr.edu, n. d). Without ethical principle framework to guide users on the standard use of firm's computer system, there are bound to be breached to the security policies guiding such computer system. There are three ethical principles for computer use policy I think all organizations must embrace:

Defense-in-Dept Principles
Awareness Principles and
Accountability principles Defense-in-Dept: the principles of defense-in-dept or layered security allow a firm to harden its computer system security. The layered security ensures that when one layer of security fails, the other layers are able to ensure the integrity of the data contained in the computer system. The defense-in-dept principle is important for computer systems that house important user/ company information. Therefore, including the Defense-in-depth principle in the computer use policy ensures the user is aware of the
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Hence, it is essential for the computer use policy to contain awareness program that the firm must take to ensure all users are informed of the computer use policy.

Accountability Principle: Accountability principle is a very important principle since it deals with the integrity and non-repudiation. Accountability ensures that a record and logs of all access to the information system are maintained for auditing also, in the event of an incident, accountability ensures that chain-of-custody is maintained.Furthermore, "accountability helps ensure that people understand them and are solely responsible for the actions they take while using the organization resources" (Johnson, R.,