Same threat, different place
A stolen laptop is a problem in a shop, a clinic and a school. But in a clinic it holds health notes, in a shop it holds card sales and in a school it holds pupils' marks. The best response changes with the place.
A good analyst looks at the context, picks a control, explains it and writes it down.
Key words
| Word | What it means |
|---|---|
| Personal data | Information about a living person who can be identified. |
| UK GDPR | The main UK law on personal data. |
| Context | The place and situation in which data is used. |
| Privacy concern | A worry that people's information could be seen or used wrongly. |
| Security concern | A worry that data could be lost, damaged or stolen. |
| Security control | Something that reduces the chance or the harm of an attack. |
| Encryption | Scrambling data so only people with the key can read it. |
| Disaster recovery plan | A plan to restore normal work after a disaster. |
| Regulation | A rule set by law or by an official body. |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
By the end of this lesson
Note
I can find concerns in a context, choose and explain a control, say how it meets the rules and record the result.
Starter: last lesson
Have a go
Starter: last lesson
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.
Step 1: find the concerns
Look at the place and the data. Ask what could go wrong for privacy, and for security. Privacy asks, "Could somebody see what they should not?" Security asks, "Could the data be lost, damaged or stolen?"
Each place has its own answers.
Concerns in different contexts
| Context | Privacy concern | Security concern |
|---|---|---|
| Shop | Customer emails used for adverts without consent | Card details stolen |
| Clinic | Health notes seen by the wrong staff | Records lost in a fire or flood |
| College | Pupil marks shared in a class chat | A fake email tricks a teacher into giving a password |
The cells students fill in are left blank in this preview.
Check: concerns
Have a go
Check: concerns
3 questionsYour answers are marked here and are not kept. A college account keeps every student’s marks.