Masonry Magazine February 1985 Page. 54
Insurance
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Unauthorized Computer Access
Protected By New Coverage
With home computers becoming commonplace and computer camps for children available nationwide, "computer crime" may not always involve hardened criminals or disgruntled data processing employees. Consider the Department of Defense "tiger teams." These groups were established to try to steal sensitive information from DOD computers, in order to test the department's computer security. The teams were eventually disbanded because it turned out they could invariably get anything they wanted out of any computer to which they had access!
"Accidental" Access
Teenagers who have grown up with access to small computers are often out to impress each other with what they can do with computers, and have even developed a new kind of slang to describe computer crime methods. "Data-diddling." for instance, involves altering the data that are entered into a computer. Trespassers can enter a computer by "super-zapping"-bypassing all of the controls limiting access to information in the computer, and then planting a "logic bomb," a computer instruction that goes off at a specific time, which could consist of any number of requests, including an instruction to destroy a company's files.
As you can see, access to your company's computer may not be as restricted as you think, and not only criminals but experimenting computer buffs could gain unauthorized access to your computer resulting in financial loss. A number of insurance companies have responded to this new form of risk by developing specialized policies. Some policies limit coverage to cases of fraud and theft, while others provide protection even for losses that are caused accidentally or "just for fun."
Although most of these new policies are being written for banks and large corporations today, insurance experts predict the coverage will soon become available to all businesses. Insurance and Risk Management Newsletter, Commercial Insurance Service, Inc., Charleston, W. Va.
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54 MASONRY-JANUARY/FEBRUARY, 1985