Evaluar las vulnerabilidades del repositorio digital de la Unidad Académica de Ciencias Empresariales de la UTMACH.

Abstract

The present case study, details the process to evaluate the vulnerabilities / latent threats in the digital repository of the Unidad Académica de Ciencias Empresariales (UACE), in the Universidad Técnica de Machala (UTMACH). Nowadays, people live in the knowledge society, where information and data flow make up an indispensable asset in any organization, especially in academic institutions for being responsible for scientific production, while preparing professionals in the different areas of knowledge. For this reason, repositories are online cabinets whose function is to store, preserve, disseminate documents derived from institutional investigations; thanks to its benefits, the transfer of knowledge can be gestated; However, as any computer means involves technological vulnerabilities or flaws that can put the quality / fidelity of the files at risk, while such affectations involve organizational performance, making necessary an analysis through the computer audit to diagnose their weaknesses counterposing the most efficient measures in guaranteeing the security of the system; the abductive method of an exploratory nature is applied, based on re-evaluating criteria by means of a literary revision.