MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 1982
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HE ADDED THAT +SECURITY IS BASICALLY AT TWO LEVELS: THE PHYSICAL LEVEL AND THE LOGICAL LEVEL. THE FIRST SIMPLY INVOLVES THE GUARDING OF COMPUTER PREMISES WHILE THE SECOND IS A LOT MORE COMPLEX. AT THE SIMPLEST LEVEL A COMPUTER COULD ONLY BE ACCESSED THROUGH 'PASSWORDS' KNOWN ONLY TO AUTHORISED USERS, WITH BUILT-IN RESTRICTIONS TO ALLOW OR DISALLOW USERS IN THE DISPLAY, MODIFICATION AND ERASURE OF DATA.+
+ANOTHER ADDED SECURITY MEASURE IS TIME FIXES', WHICH WOULD RENDER DATA IN A COMPUTER COMPLETELY INACCESSIBLE OVER A CERTAIN TIME PERIOD WHEN DATA USE IS NOT EXPECTED.+
WHILE CONSCIOUSLY ADMITTING +THERE IS NO FOOLPROOF WAY TO SECURE A COMPUTER AGAINST UNAUTHORISED ACCESS, WE MUST NOT TURN AWAY FROM ITS APPLICATION AS THE BENEFITS WOULD FAR OUTWEIGH THE POTENTIAL INSTANCES OF ABUSE, MR LAU SAID.
+FURTHERMORE, WE ARE ACTUALLY SEEING ONLY THE TIP OF THE ICEBERG IN COMPUTER APPLICATIONS.+
+THAT WE ARE ALSO AT THE THRESHOLD OF AN 'INFORMATION EXPLOSION' IN THE 80'S DUE TO RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES OUGHT TO MAKE US MORE DETERMINED IN TRAINING COMPUTER WORKERS, SAID MR LAU, ADDING THAT HIS SENTIMENTS OVER THE ISSUE WERE SHARED BY COMPUTER EXPERTS IN THE PRIVATE SECTOR.
THE LORD PRIVY SEAL LEAVES FOR CHINA
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THE LORD PRIVY SEAL, THE RT HON HUMPHREY ATKINS, MP AND MRS ATKINS LEFT HONG KONG FOR CHINA THIS MORNING AFTER A ONE-DAY STOPOVER.
MR AND MRS ATKINS WERE SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE GOVERNOR, SIR MURRAY MACLEHOSE. THEY WILL RETURN TO HONG KONG ON FRIDAY (JANUARY 8) FOR A THREE-DAY VISIT.
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