• Explain the consequences of malpractice and crime on information systems.
   

• Describe the possible weak points within an information technology systems.
   

• Describe the measures that can be taken to protect information technology systems against internal and external threats.
   

• Describe the particular issues surrounding access to, and the use of the Internet; censorship, security, ethics

See the books page for more details about the titles listed below

Mott & Leeming Pages 70 - 86

Heathcote Chapters 10 - 11

Doyle Pages 210 - 225

De Watteville & Naughton Pgs 179 - 182

McWeeney Pages 27 - 36

AQA past papers
Past papers. Not as useful as the Psionica database AQA shamefully closed but...

Practice questions
10 quick practice questions on protecting data from Alcester Grammar School

Practice questions
10 quick practice questions on protecting hardware from the same source

Practice questions
More practice questions for 10.8 (.rtf file - opens in Word/Writer)

Practice question answers
Answers to the questions above. Password protected .doc file. Sorry but the password is only available to teachers.

Older Exam Papers
Past papers (pre 2000) not included on the official AQA site from Colchester VI Form College. These still contain some relevant questions for this topic.

Links to general online resources for 10.8. I recommend right clicking links/icons and "Save Target As..." for anything other than web pages (see key below)

	Flash Notes
Steve Longley's excellent revision flash notes for malpractice and crime. Offline version.  Right click link and Save Target As...
	Computer Crime & Security
Comprehensive set of summary revision notes, largely based on the Heathcote book, from the KJS.
	Malpractice
Short PowerPoint presentation based on chapter 10 of the Heathcote A level textbook.
	E-Terrorism
This is a very interesting article about security issues from CNET News. It's a *bit* of a long read but very informative and well worth looking at IMNSHO.
	Computer Crime
Mini-website from teach-ict's excellent collection dedicated to the topic of computer crime.
	Protecting the Data
Superb presentation from Alcester Grammar school covers just about everything you need to know for this topic. FatMax recommended.
	Protecting the Data
Handout to accompany the above presentation. This is a very useful resource as a checklist for last minute revision.
	Firewalls
Easy to follow introduction to how firewalls work from howstuffworks.
	Computer Crime Prevention
Short article from the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (of all people) provides a pretty good starting point for this topic.
	Crime and ICT
Summary notes and questions on malpractice and crime from North Chadderton High. Contains a set of practice questions and answers
	Malpractice and Crime
Another excellent PowerPoint presentation from www.ict-teacher.com Parental guidance for the ever so faint-hearted - contains a rude word that rhymes with duck.

Key to resources:

PowerPoint presentation Word file Web page Macromedia Flash Pdf file