OCR National in ICT Unit 1 – ICT in Business AO1 - Safe Working Practices in a Business Environment
Examples of safe working practices Health and safety Physical protection of equipment Loss of data and backing up files Security of data and file protection Your task: For each of the above make a list of at least 3 different issues and what can be done to protect against them to ensure safe working practice.
Health Your slideshow should contain information on the following areas… Stress Eyestrain Repetitive Stress Injury (RSI) Back and Neck Problems Safety Trailing wires / Sockets Electrical testing of equipment Space / Obstacles around the equipment Food and Drink Heating and Ventilation Fire exits / Extinguishers
Physical Protection of Equipment Your slideshow should contain information on the following areas… Locks Swipe Cards Keypads Video Surveillance Bolts Secure Cables Postcode Marking Upper floor location Window bars
Loss of Data Your slideshow should contain information on the following areas… Risks to data – Fire / Flood / Lightning / Theft / Malicious Damage / Hackers / Viruses Backing-up Files External hard drives Memory Sticks Online data storage Automated backup software Vaults
Security of Data and File Protection Username and Password access Password hierarchies File encryption Password protecting files and folders Your slideshow should contain information on the following areas…