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McQuade, Samuel C., III – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
A growing body of empirical research strongly suggests that adolescents and young adults are increasingly becoming both victims and perpetrators of crime and abuse enabled by information technology. The US federal government has stressed technological, legislative, and law-enforcement solutions to these problems. Efforts to protect children have…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Young Adults, Information Technology, Federal Government
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Leino, Kaisa – Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 2006
This study explores the perceptions of Finnish 15-year-olds on the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet. The data, students' written responses (N = 3112), were gathered in the context of the OECD Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) in the spring of 2000 as a national option. The data were analysed by close reading and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Adolescents, Internet, Student Attitudes
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Voloudakis, John – EDUCAUSE Review, 2006
In the past three years, higher education institutions have made a number of moves to secure their critical systems and protect their users, resulting in a marked change in the techniques used to combat security threats. Today, continued progress may depend on the development of an enterprise IT security program. (Contains 10 notes.)
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Information Technology, Higher Education, Computer Security
Helal, Sumi, Ed.; Oie, Yuji, Ed.; Chang, Carl, Ed.; Murai, Jun, Ed. – 2003
This proceedings from the 2003 Symposium on Applications and the Internet (SAINT) contains papers from sessions on: (1) mobile Internet, including a target-driven cache replacement policy, context-awareness for service discovery, and XML transformation; (2) collaboration technology I, including human-network-based filtering, virtual collaboration…
Descriptors: Computer Oriented Programs, Computer Security, Information Retrieval, Information Services
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Bruhn, Mark; Gettes, Michael; West, Ann – Educause Quarterly, 2003
Discusses the drivers for an identity management system (IdM), components of this system, and its role within a school security strategy, focusing on: basic access management; requirements for access management; middleware support for an access management system; IdM implementation considerations (e.g., access eligibilities, authentication…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Elementary Secondary Education
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Prevelakis, Vassilis; Keromytis, Angelos – Internet Research, 2003
Proposes the use of a special purpose drop-in firewall/VPN gateway called Sieve, that can be inserted between the mobile workstation and the network to provide individualized security services for that particular station. Discusses features and advantages of the system and demonstrates how Sieve was used in various application areas such as at…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer Software Development, Computer System Design
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Miladinovic, Igor; Stadler, Johannes – Internet Research, 2003
Introduces an extension of the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) for closed multiparty conferences; the extension expands SIP for discovery of participant identities in a conference, and ensures that each participant is notified before a new participant joins. Verifies this extension by applying it to two SIP conference models. Concludes with an…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer System Design
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Mhlaba, Sondlo Leonard – Government Information Quarterly, 1995
Discusses origins of Transborder Data Flows (TDFs) as an international problem in the early 1970s. Shows how technological development in telecommunications and networks has made regulation more complex and urgent. Recommends the internationalization of the Key Escrowed Encryption System (KEES) and the development of broad international TDF…
Descriptors: Coding, Computer Security, Copyrights, Information Transfer
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Panepinto, Joe – Telematics and Informatics, 1995
Examines recent findings that could influence the use of e-mail on university campuses. National privacy legislation and the inviolability of student records are discussed. It is concluded that more effective safeguards are necessary, and that the current steps are inadequate for the protection of students' rights. (Author/LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Security, Confidential Records, Electronic Mail, Federal Legislation
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Radack, Shirley M. – Government Information Quarterly, 1994
Examines the role of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) in the development of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). Highlights include the standards process; voluntary standards; Open Systems Interconnection problems; Internet Protocol Suite; consortia; government's role; and network security. (16 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Consortia, Federal Government
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1999
Discusses a complicated appellate-court case upholding a Milwaukee high-school junior's expulsion for advocating computer hacking in a student newspaper. The decision is noteworthy for signaling a growing technology-related litigation trend, conflating the advocacy/incitement issue, and showing courts' decreasing tolerance for perceived threats to…
Descriptors: Censorship, Computer Security, Court Litigation, Expulsion
Zirkel, Perry A. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1998
A complex case involving a disgruntled ex-employee's invasion of a college president's e-mail system resulted in a decision granting two plaintiffs' motions for summary judgment. This was the first recorded education-related collision on the electronic superhighway. Every educational institution should have a policy and procedure regarding what…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Dismissal (Personnel), Due Process, Electronic Mail
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Aldridge, Alicia; Forcht, Karen; Pierson, Joan – Internet Research, 1997
To cultivate an online market share, companies must design marketing strategies specifically for the Internet. This article examines the nature of business on the Internet, highlighting demographics, user control, accessibility, communication, authenticity, competition, and security and proposes a marketing strategy, including targeting and…
Descriptors: Access to Information, Advertising, Business, Competition
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School Libraries in Canada, 2000
Presents a teaching unit from the Media Awareness Network Web site that introduces students (grades six through nine) to ways in which commercial Web sites collect personal information from children and issues surrounding children and privacy on the Internet. Highlights: objective; learning outcomes; preparation and materials; the lesson; guided…
Descriptors: Child Safety, Children, Class Activities, Computer Security
McCollum, Kelly – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
Describes university courses and programs in protecting computer networks and World Wide Web sites from vandals, cyberterrorists, and malicious hackers. Notes such courses are provided by East Stroudsburg University (Pennsylvania), Purdue University (Indiana), George Mason University (Virginia), and Texas A&M University. Also notes the federal…
Descriptors: College Curriculum, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Government School Relationship
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