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Grush, Mary – Campus Technology, 2007
Despite intensive security measures, institutions are still suffering breaches--sometimes quite painful and costly ones. After a major breach was reported at UCLA this past November, the author spoke with "Educause" security expert Rodney Petersen, to get his perspective and advice for higher education leadership. This article presents…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Colleges, School Security, Computer Security

Fields, Cheryl – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2005
Another topic involving privacy has attracted considerable attention in recent months--the "student unit record" issue. The U.S. Department of Education concluded in March that it would be feasible to help address lawmakers' concerns about accountability in higher education by constructing a database capable of tracking students from institution…
Descriptors: Student Records, Information Management, Higher Education, Federal Government
Basham, Matt – Community College Journal, 2003
Analyzes the impact of the U.S. Patriot Act on educational institutions, particularly in the area of information technology security. Warns that the Act could impact distance learning and campus Internet service providers, and that lawsuits are being filed against universities for having lax cybersecurity. Makes suggestions for dealing with these…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Community Colleges, Computer Security, Computers
Garson, G. David – 1995
Computing involves social issues and political choices. Issues such as privacy, computer crime, gender inequity, disemployment, and electronic democracy versus "Big Brother" are addressed in the context of efforts to develop a national public policy for information technology. A broad range of research and case studies are examined in an…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Civil Liberties, Computer Security, Computers
Nixon, Andrea – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2006
For years computer viruses have threatened productive use of personal computers, challenging users and support providers to prevent and recover from viral attacks. Now another type of computing malady has begun to enter popular consciousness: spyware. Typically, analyses of spyware focus on technical issues or provide pointers to resources for…
Descriptors: Laws, Compliance (Legal), Computer Security, Computers
Wright, Peter W. – 2000
Based on the author's presentation at the International Conference on Computer Based Learning in Science, this paper discuses some high profile areas of interest and concern in the educational use of information and communication technology (ICT). The paper is influenced partly by a series of nine government funded "Best Practices"…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Distance Education