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1. Running Head: HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SECURITY 1
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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE SECURITY
Topic: Hardware and Software Security
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Institute
Hardware and Software Security
Hardware security refers to vulnerability protection which
comes in the form of a physical device rather than software
that's installed on the computer system hardware. It can also
pertain to a device that scans a system or monitors network
traffic thus it also protects physical systems from harm.
Software security refers to an idea that was implemented to
protect software against malicious attacks and other hacker
risks for the software to keep functioning correctly under such
possible risks, to ensure authentication availability and integrity
security is required.
There are various advantages of hardware security
including reduction of costs by automating routine tasks like
keeping records, payroll, and accounting, it also enhances
productivity among the staff and business efficiency by

2. developing effective communication within the organization and
with clients, moreover, it develops a competitive advantage by
executing or implementing the right business technology which
boosts the morale of the employees. (Kin Fun Li & Narges
Attarmoghaddam, 2018) however, hardware security also has its
drawbacks including it is difficult to upgrade and install
hardware security like in the case of hardware firewalls it is
also slightly expensive to install this hardware security in your
organization due to the high cost in some hardware security like
firewalls it takes up a lot of physical space and it involves
wiring. Additionally, we have counterfeiting challenges for
hardware designs are copied and imitated illegally thus we
should come up with measures to counteract this counterfeiting
program.
Software security entails various benefits including prevention
of viruses, identity theft, and spyware by using software to
secure the confidential information of an organization for
hackers are coming up with trickier ways to hack the system
thus carefully safeguarding the system by using software is
needed. Besides software also protects valuable information by
encrypting and limiting access to sensitive information of an
organ. It also ensures compliance by providing the required
encryption for compliance whenever the file is accessed, this is
among many other advantages of security software. (10
Common Software Security Weaknesses, 2019) however it also
has demerits including launching attacks and damaging the
system for attackers utilizes software security weaknesses to
launch attacks on the organization system, it also causes
financial losses whenever the software vulnerability causes
downtime leading to losses of billions of dollars by the
organization. Besides sensitive data can be exposed si nce some
software does not protect sensitive data like health information
among other critical data. We also have security
misconfiguration in software development due to incomplete
configuration or insecure default configurations.

3. Conclusion
To sum, hardware and software security are paramount in
today's world since there's a need for protective and defensive
tools this is because sensitive information is stored in the cloud,
and also financial transactions are done online. Organizations
should be on their toes since hackers are hitting hard on both
small and biggest organizations in the world thus organizations
must take preventive and proactive steps and invest in effective
hardware and software security to safeguard their data, systems,
and devices.
References
10 Common Software Security Weaknesses. (2019, June 27).
Kiuwan. https://www.kiuwan.com/blog/10-common-software-
security-weaknesses/
Damaj, I., & Kasbah, S. (2018). An analysis framework for
hardware and software implementations with applications from
cryptography. Computers & Electrical Engineering, 69, 572–
584. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compeleceng.2017.06.008
Kin Fun Li, & Narges Attarmoghaddam. (2018, May).
Challenges and Methodologies of Hardware Security.
ResearchGate; unknown.
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/327009189_Challenge
s_and_Methodologies_of_Hardware_Security
The benefits of software systems. (2019). Www.cs.uct.ac.za.
https://www.cs.uct.ac.za/mit_notes/software/htmls/ch01s07.html