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What are the Potential Threats of IT?
The definition of the potential threat of IT is when a computer system threat that lead to the loss or that cause a corruption of data or there is a physical damage shown to the computer hardware. There are many threats that can cause many users a hard time to solve the problems. Some of them are, a Security Threats. It is a risk which can harm the computer systems and organization. The cause of this to be happen in physical are something like a person stealing a computer that may contain a confidential data or it may cause by something that is a non-physical threat like a virus attack. “Physical Threats”, it is a potential cause that is resulted by loss of data or a physical damage to the computer systems. This threat may include in 3 terms; In terms of internal threats, this threat may include exposed wire that may cause the fire or having unstable power supply to the computer. These threats that causes by other people that may include theft, vandalizing infrastructure hardware accidental or intentional errors. Next is “Non-Physical Threat”. This threat has a potential that can cause of many unfortunate incident that may result of; a corruption of systems data, illegal monitoring of activities on computer systems and breaching cyber security.
Attitude Skills
Determined, are an attitude on which a person want to do something very much and not allow anyone or anything to stop you. For example, Even though the officials rejected her request, Susan, a Web Designer became very determined to complete her very own graphic design. It is very important to have such skills, because employer values an employee that feel determined to do a certain task for them. An employee without a feeling of determination will produce a poor work habit.
Independent, are free from the influence or control of another thing or person. They have the freedom to do a task to they liking. For example, some work can be done by group or can be done alone. William is an experienced programmer and also an independent-type person. Every time the employer gave him a specific task, he will complete it independently and swiftly.
Integrity, are a quality of a certain individuals of being honest and having a good morality. For example, Yamato has the sense of integrity within him even though his working. As a marketing manager of company’s stocks, He must be honest about his work. It is very essential to any IT industry because, the employer will consider him as one of the company’s valuable asset.
Tolerant, are a person who show they willingness to give varieties of opinion that another person does not necessarily agree with. For example, as a leader of an IT architect, he must be very tolerant to other people’s opinion in order to gain new ideas. It is very important to have this skill because employers want their employee to be tolerant to other employees so there will no dispute arise.
Dependable, are a person who is trustworthy and reliable to complete a certain task that has been given by the CEO/Manager of a company. This person has gained the trust and gives his loyalty to the company with his working attitude. Ajax is an intermediate software engineer; He is very trustworthy and reliable when giving a specific task. IT companies will considered him as an valuable employee because of his reliability and his determination to complete that task.
Leadership, an attitude by which a person is leading a group of organization or people. For example, Khalid, IT hardware engineer is a leader of a big research organization that focuses on renewable energy; it’s his responsibility to make sure the organization will achieve its goals and lead effectively and wisely. That kind of skill can be valuable to the employer because of his good leadership that give good morality to his member
Confidence, the feeling that an individual can have faith in or rely on somebody or something. Having this kind of behavior or attitude is very useful sometimes. For example, John is a novice Web Developer but he has this confidence that everything that he did can be done perfectly as long as they can overcome the obstacle. This type of skill can be considered very important because employer cannot have an employee that feel less confidence when given a certain task. They need an employee that has great confidence within them even though they were given a difficult task.
Self–motivation, an ability to do what are needs to be done, without the influence from other people or situations. Even though Alan, a novice marketing manager gets some mid-range grades on his report papers, he looks at his other friends who scored more higher than him. He said to himself, “Push yourself to the limit because no one else going to do it for you”. Any employer will value this employee’s skill because he didn’t feel down about it, yet he feel motivated to keep improving until he gets better.
General Skills
Interpersonal Skills, also known as people skills, soft skills or emotional intelligence skills are related to the way you communicate and interact with others. These skills help us communicate with others effectively. Some people have these skills naturally but everyone can improve them with practice. Expressing appreciation, resolving disputes, and listening well are all interpersonal skills worth practicing. It is necessary to have these interpersonal skills in applying jobs because it required each of individual’s daily skills experience to apply a certain jobs. Plus, these skills are an important hiring factor. Every employer values candidates and employees with excellent interpersonal skills. It is very important to have this skill because as an IT lecturer, we need to have this communication skill to communicate with the audience so they can understand and interact between the lecturer and the audience.
Planning Skills is a thinking skill that helps an individual form a strategy or plans to achieve goals. It helps a person to think about how to complete a task before attempting to begin it. For instance, Planning skill is used when a person sets out to manage a big project that been handed by the CEO, He as a leader of the group must plan first with his colleague about the project and then taking a small step process for finishing the project. It is very necessary for IT employee to have this planning skill because planning first before making a decision or action like Web designer who plan to pick a design that suits the concept of his/her’s website.
Organization skills are those relating to create arrangement and order, increasing potency, and prioritizing tasks that must be completed immediately, except those that can be postponed, assigned to another person, or rejected by the officials. Maintain a strong organizational skill can decrease the chance of creating poor work habits such as confusion, miscommunication, and disorganization. Managers/CEOs look for employees who can not only keep their work and their workplace organized but for those who can also adapt quickly to the organization structure of a company. It is very essential for any IT job roles to have this organizational skill like a digital marketing manager because they need to organize resources that may need to sale.
Time Management, is the method of planning on how to divide your time between specific activities. Good time management enables you to work smarter so that you get more jobs done in less time, even when time is short and tensions are high. Failing to manage your time will ruin your effectiveness and causes stress. Some advantages of managing time are having a greater productivity and efficiency, feeling less stress, increased opportunities for advancement and having greater opportunities to achieve important life and career goals. A graphic designer must be very swiftly and carefully design a graphic under pressure.
Team Working, isdefine as the eagerness of a group of people to work together to achieve a common aim. But teamwork is not necessary to some teams. Though, teamwork might be random co-operation, effectively working together for periods of time. Teamwork is necessary for teams to work effectively. Only when the skills and strengths of individual team members are joined with common goals and to focus on collective performance, will you start to see the benefits of a team at work. It is very important to have this team working skills because like an IT graphic designer, some projects are too big and too complex for 1 person to finished, so they will need a few people to make the graphic look better and amazing.
Numeracy skills are basic math skills that include a variety of abilities to understand and analyze numerical knowledge and to make the right solution and formulas. Mathematics is a key role for a career of the people who deal with economics, business, and architecture it can be profitable and interesting. But maths also is everywhere in our daily life. Some jobs in IT industry is looking for this type of skills because they need someone who is good at identifying binary codes and reprogram it to their liking such as a expert programmer.
Creativity, it’s an ability to tap into our ‘inner’ depths of resources. Some motivation and all the fragments populating human minds. That we’ve accumulated over the years just by being present and alive and awake to the world and to combine them in remarkable ways. Sometimes, creativity is the process of bringing something unique into the living. It requires emotion and responsibility. It brings to our awareness what was previously reserved and points to new growth. A web developer is very good at this skill, because they are professional at developing a perfect website that the customer likes to view.
Problem Solving, The process of working through details of a issues to reach a conclusion. These skills may include mathematical or systematic operations and can be the measure of an individual’s critical thinking skills. Whether you’re solving a problem for a client, supporting those who are solving problems or discovering new problems to solve, the problems you face can be large or small, simple or complex, and easy or difficult. A fundamental part of every manager’s role is finding ways to solve them. So, being a confident problem solver is important to your success. One IT job roles like, marketing manager can identify some issues regarding an online business, example she identifies a decreasing stocks in the company’s net worth.
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