Discussion Question 10: A bank in California has 13 branches spread throughout northern California, each with its own minicomputer where its data are stored. Another bank has ten branches spread throughout California, with the data being stored on a mainframe in San Francisco. Which system do you think is more vulnerable to unauthorized access

The system that will be more prone to attack or vulnerability is the bank that has ten branches spread throughout California with the data being stored on a mainframe in San Francisco.

Explanation:

Solution

If the databases are not shared by all the branches throughout the network, they could not be hacked or accessed easily. but when the systems are in a network and share databases or resources, then these could be more vulnerable to unauthorized persons or individuals.

The data been stored on a mainframe in San Francisco that is a centralized access by 10 branches of another bank. what this implies is that networking is involved or used to share data.

With this example, the chances of vulnerability or attacks increases from the following:

Accounts payable could be disturbed by changing cash in payment false. Entering incorrect data into the system. such transactions can be altered, deleted by unauthorized persons. Transaction fraud like hacking, masquerading are very common in a networked system.