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A Hands-On Approach for Teaching Denial of Service Attacks: A Case Study
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Trabelsi, Zouheir; Ibrahim, Walid – Journal of Information Technology Education: Innovations in Practice, 2013
Nowadays, many academic institutions are including ethical hacking in their information security and Computer Science programs. Information security students need to experiment common ethical hacking techniques in order to be able to implement the appropriate security solutions. This will allow them to more efficiently protect the confidentiality,…
Descriptors: Ethics, Information Security, Computer Security, Confidentiality
Inquiry-Based Learning Case Studies for Computing and Computing Forensic Students
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Campbell, Jackie – Interactive Technology and Smart Education, 2012
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to describe and discuss the use of specifically-developed, inquiry-based learning materials for Computing and Forensic Computing students. Small applications have been developed which require investigation in order to de-bug code, analyse data issues and discover "illegal" behaviour. The applications…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Computer Software, Inquiry, Active Learning
A Call to IS Educators to Respond to the Voices of Women in Information Security
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Woszczynski, Amy B.; Shade, Sherri – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2010
Much prior research has examined the dearth of women in the IT industry. The purpose of this study is to examine the perceptions of women in IT within the context of information security and assurance. This paper describes results from a study of a relatively new career path to see if there are female-friendly opportunities that have not existed…
Descriptors: Females, Computer Security, Gender Bias, Disproportionate Representation