Integrity Controls

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...