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Integrity Controls
The following is a description of the various generic integrity controls currently available to be used to protect the integrity of data.
|Antivirus Software |The use of antivirus software on computers can greatly protect the integrity of sensitive data. Computer |
| |viruses have the ability to modify and delete files residing on computers. The use of antivirus software |
|[pic] |will detect and quarantine the viruses. |
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| |Most computer viruses are spread by email attachments. Restricting various email attachments when emails |
| |arrive on the server will greatly reduce the risk of infections. Proper user training will also reduce the |
| |risks of computer viruses. |
| |Antivirus software operates using a dictionary of known viruses and compares the computer activity to the |
| |dictionary. The dictionary must be kept up to date since new viruses are created often. When a computer is |
| |infected with a virus, the software will quarantine the virus and will prompt the computer user to either fix|
| |the file, or delete it. |
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| |All computers including servers, workstations and laptops should have antivirus...