Information Systems Security & Protection in Institutions

The British Academy for Training and Development offers a training course on security and protection of Information Systems in institutions. It is presented to whoever desires to learn more about Information Systems, and how to protect its security in commercial and economic institutions. An Information System is a system that consists of individuals, data records, manual as well as non-manual processes. This system processes data and information in any organization. In other words, it is a group of interrelated elements that work altogether in order to collect, process and distribute the available information about any subject systematically.  This is to support decision-making, organization, control, and analysis in institutions, in addition to building current and future perspectives. The term “Information Systems” is often used incorrectly as an equivalent to computerized information systems, which is nothing but technical information, and it is one of the components of Information System. In fact, a computerized information system is considered an integral part of studying technical information. The science of information system has originated as one of computer science branches as an attempt to understand management techniques inside institutions, then it has become a main field in management as confirmations have increased that it is an important field for research in management studies. That is why it is vital to maintain and protect data through securing it according to Information Security system. The management of the information systems to be adopted in companies and this information includes electronic and non-electronic information where the organizational structure in the organization must be able to manage and handle all phases of the life cycle of information, regardless of nature and source, care must be kept and recorded information to remain for the longest period as needed work This is done through the provision of staff, programs and equipment and the formulation of policies to ensure this.