The Automated Office and Computer Crime: A Preliminary Assessment

Abstract

The opportunity for computer‐related crime in the automated office/distributed environment is greater than in the larger, centrally driven data‐processing facilities, where access to equipment is usually easier and there is no hierarchy of physical controls as in a separate computer data centre. Information is less secure due to the poor definition of roles and responsibilities at end‐user functions, the difficulty in controlling a complex system with simple “system management tools” and the “human text” form of much of the electronically stored data. Standards of security administration within

Citation

Blatchford, C. (1986), "The Automated Office and Computer Crime: A Preliminary Assessment", Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 86 No. 1/2, pp. 14-19. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb057430