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Lee, C. P.; Uluagac, A. S.; Fairbanks, K. D.; Copeland, J. A. – IEEE Transactions on Education, 2011
This paper describes a competition-style of exercise to teach system and network security and to reinforce themes taught in class. The exercise, called NetSecLab, is conducted on a closed network with student-formed teams, each with their own Linux system to defend and from which to launch attacks. Students are expected to learn how to: 1) install…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Teaching Methods, Computer Networks, Computer Science Education
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Yoon, Cheolho; Hwang, Jae-Won; Kim, Rosemary – Journal of Information Systems Education, 2012
Due to the ever-increasing use of the Internet, information security has become a critical issue in society. This is especially the case for young adults who have different attitudes towards information security practices. In this research, we examine factors that motivate college students' information security behaviors. Based on the concept of…
Descriptors: Internet, Privacy, Computer Security, Information Security
Massengale, Ricky L., Sr. – ProQuest LLC, 2009
With the ability of modern system developers to develop intelligent programs that allows machines to learn, modify and evolve themselves, current trends of reactionary methods to detect and eradicate malicious software code from infected machines is proving to be too costly. Addressing malicious software after an attack is the current methodology…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Computer System Design, Computer Security, Prevention
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Endicott-Popovsky, Barbara – Teacher Librarian, 2009
Without specific education in online safety and security issues, putting any limitations on access could seem counter to what a librarian is trained to do. At a cybersecurity workshop sponsored by Washington Library Media Association (WLMA) last October, an informal show of hands from attending teacher-librarians uncovered a range of motivations…
Descriptors: Safety, Internet, School Policy, Librarians
Yan, Gongjun – ProQuest LLC, 2010
Location is fundamental information in Vehicular Ad-hoc Networks (VANETs). Almost all VANET applications rely on location information. Therefore it is of importance to ensure location information integrity, meaning that location information is original (from the generator), correct (not bogus or fabricated) and unmodified (value not changed). We…
Descriptors: Confidentiality, Electronic Equipment, Geographic Location, Probability
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American Journal of Distance Education, 2010
David Foster is the founder of Kryterion, an Internet test administration company, and currently serves there as chief scientist and executive vice president. He is the author of numerous articles for industry trade journals and textbooks and sits on the Council for the International Test Commission. In this interview, Foster talks about his…
Descriptors: Test Construction, High Stakes Tests, Educational Technology, Interviews
Suppo, Chris A. – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The purpose of this study was to investigate digital citizenship in Pennsylvania public schools based on the responses of school leaders including superintendents, curriculum coordinators, and technology coordinators. This study examined the relationship between Pennsylvania school leader's beliefs and the implementation of digital citizenship…
Descriptors: Public Schools, Administrator Attitudes, Correlation, Educational Technology
Price, Alan – ProQuest LLC, 2011
Today, advances in wireless sensor networks are making it possible to capture large amounts of information about a person and their interaction within their home environment. However, what is missing is how to ensure the security of the collected data and its use to alter human behavior for positive benefit. In this research, exploration was…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Measurement Techniques, Physical Activity Level, Behavior Modification
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Anastasiades, Panagiotes S.; Vitalaki, Elena – Educational Technology & Society, 2011
The introduction of the Internet at schools has raised new pedagogical challenges facing educators trying to ensure children's awareness of the possible dangers when surfing the Web. This article aims to investigate how teachers evaluate the possible dangers that students might face when surfing the Net for various educational or interpersonal…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Internet, Teacher Role, Elementary Education
Smith, Gary – School Business Affairs, 2011
School business administrators have long recognized the need for a workable data recovery plan regardless of cause. Yet many have not reassessed their current data backup and recovery capabilities, perhaps because they have not experienced a catastrophic failure. There are three reasons school business administrators may not realize or recognize…
Descriptors: Information Technology, Computer Security, Technology Planning, School Business Officials
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Sextos, Anastasios G. – European Journal of Engineering Education, 2014
This paper presents the structure of an undergraduate course entitled "programming techniques and the use of specialised software in structural engineering" which is offered to the fifth (final) year students of the Civil Engineering Department of Aristotle University Thessaloniki in Greece. The aim of this course is to demonstrate the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Undergraduate Students, Undergraduate Study, Civil Engineering
Young, Jeffrey R. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2008
An e-mail scam has hit tens of thousands of users at dozens of colleges over the past few weeks, leaving network administrators scrambling to respond before campus computer accounts are taken over by spammers. Students, professors, and staff members at the affected colleges received e-mail messages that purported to come from the colleges' help…
Descriptors: Electronic Mail, Computer Security, Colleges, Crime
Dessoff, Alan – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2010
Until this year, the Oregon Department of Education ran a central portal of thousands of learning resources that required all teachers and students to have an email address as authentication for security purposes. Because many districts didn't offer student email, the learning materials were not available to everyone. In April, Oregon became the…
Descriptors: Internet, State Departments of Education, Electronic Mail, Systems Approach
Roberts, Kevin J. – Exceptional Parent, 2010
Parents need to be aware of the dangers and the opportunities the cyber world offers. Video games are being used in the classroom. Commerce is increasingly taking place online and computers are indispensable in the workplace. A cyber-oriented child possesses some great advantages. The author urges parents to become experts in the cyber world so…
Descriptors: Video Games, Internet, Parents, Teaching Methods
Grossklags, Jens – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Computer users express a strong desire to prevent attacks, and to reduce the losses from computer and information security breaches. However, despite the widespread availability of various technologies, actual investments in security remain highly variable across the Internet population. As a result, attacks such as distributed denial-of-service…
Descriptors: Economic Research, Probability, Internet, Computer Security
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