1. What is the difference between law and ethics?
The difference between law and ethics is that law is a set of rules and regulations that are universal and should be accepted and followed by society and organizations. Ethics on the other hand was derived from the latin word mores and Greek word Ethos means the beliefs and customs that help shape the character of individuals and how people interact with one another
2. What is civil law, and what does it accomplish?
A wide variety of laws that govern a nation or state and deal with the relationships and conflicts between organisational and entities and people.
3. What are the primary examples of public law?
Criminal, administrative and constitutional law.
4. Which law amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986, and what did it change?
The National Information Infrastructure Protection of 1996 amended the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986. It modified several sections of the CFA Act, and increased the penalties for selected crime.
5. Which law was specifically created to deal with encryption policy in the United States?
The Security and Freedom through Encryption Act of 1999.
6. What is privacy in an information security context?
Privacy is not absolute freedom from observation, but rather it is a more precise “State of being free from unsanctioned intrusion”.
7. What is another name for the Kennedy-Kassebaum Act(1996), and why is it important to organisations that are not in the health care industry?
The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996(HIPAA) protects the confidentiality and security of health-care data by establishing and enforcing standards and by standardising electronic data interchange. It impacts all health-care organisations including doctors practices, health clinics, life insurers, and universities, as well as some organisations which have self-insured employee health programs or manage data related to health-care.
The act requires organisations that