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Huber, Joe – Library Media Connection, 2005
Desktop security is the foundation of your overall security plan in K-12 education. National Educational Technology Standards (NETS) mainly states that students at all grade levels should know to make changes in the default settings for the operating system and its applications.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Educational Policy, Computer Security
Cervone, Frank – Computers in Libraries, 2005
This article discusses network security for libraries. It indicates that there were only six exploit (security exposure) problems, worldwide, reported to the CERT Coordination Center back in 1988. In that year, the CERT had just been established to provide a clearinghouse for exchanging information about network security problems. By 2003, the…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Libraries, Computer Networks, Access to Information
Miller, Steven E.; Seiberling, Chris – Technology & Learning, 2004
This article represents the second part of a series in this journal called "How to Perform a Security Audit." It continues the conversation on setting up a process for identifying security-related concerns and implementation safeguards. It continues the conversation from the perspective of system monitoring. This article discusses how to use a…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Systems Analysis, Troubleshooting, Computer Networks
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Ramaswami, Rama – T.H.E. Journal, 2008
As technology grows more pervasive in education, the data recovery issues that school systems encounter are becoming increasingly problematic, as districts work to accommodate a range of concerns that do not encumber commercial businesses. State and federal laws often require schools to report on student populations and educational progress…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Educational Technology, Computer Uses in Education, Technology Integration
Mutch, Andrew; Ventura, Karen – Computers in Libraries, 2006
Every place has it--coffee shops, bookstores, universities ... and now libraries are offering wireless Internet access too. At the Waterford Township Public Library (Waterford, Michigan), Andrew Mutch created a wide-open wireless network using Public IP open source software. About 20 miles away, at the Novi Public Library (Novi, Michigan), Karen…
Descriptors: Telecommunications, Computer Networks, Internet, Public Libraries
Gale, Doug – Campus Technology, 2006
Authentication is based on something one knows (e.g., a password), something one has (e.g., a driver's license), or something one is (e.g., a fingerprint). The last of these refers to the use of biometrics for authentication. With the blink of an eye, the touch of a finger, or the uttering of a pass-phrase, colleges and schools can now get deadly…
Descriptors: Human Body, Identification, Technological Advancement, Genetics
Wolfsberg, Jeffrey S. – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2006
Once, targets of bullying had to endure it only at school. Now, with the increasing prevalence of cyberbullying it can follow them home and go on 24 hours a day. For students who have been exposed to cyberbullying themselves, for parents who have either been exposed to it or are seeing their child experience it, and for educators who have either…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Bullying, Computer Security, School Safety
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Gong, Tao; Cai, Zixing – International Journal on E-Learning, 2006
To overcome weakness and faults of a web-based e-learning course such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), an immune agent was proposed, simulating a natural immune mechanism against a virus. The immune agent was built on the multi-dimension education agent model and immune algorithm. The web-based AI course was comprised of many files, such as HTML…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Internet, Online Courses, Artificial Intelligence
Olson, Gary A. – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2007
Many professors, staff members, and even administrators see campus computers and e-mail accounts as their own private property--a type of employment benefit provided with no constraints on use. The fact is, universities "assign" computer equipment to personnel as tools to help them perform their jobs more effectively and efficiently, in the same…
Descriptors: Ethics, College Faculty, Computer Security, Electronic Mail
Shermis, Mark D.; Averitt, Jason – 2000
The purpose of this paper is to enumerate a series of security steps that might be taken by those individuals or organizations that are contemplating Web-based tests and performance assessments. From a security viewpoint, much of what goes on with Web-based transactions is similar to other general computer activity, but the recommendations focus…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Data Analysis, Performance Based Assessment, World Wide Web
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Lei, Kimfong; Schmidt, Therese; Schaffer, Scott P.; Um, Eun Joon – Association for Educational Communications and Technology, 2004
The American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) defines human performance technology (HPT) as "a systematic approach to analyzing, improving, and managing performance in the workplace through the use of appropriate and varied interventions." The first step in this approach is the performance analysis (Gilbert, 1978). In this…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Graduate Students, Computer Security, Performance Technology
Edwards, Mark A. – School Administrator, 2003
Describes use of wireless technology system involving laptop computers in Henrico County Public Schools in Richmond, Virginia. Briefly describes some lessons learned about the use of laptops and the major components of the laptop security plan. Reports laptop-supported advances in student achievement. (PKP)
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Security, Elementary Secondary Education
Kovac, Ron J. – School Business Affairs, 1999
As the Internet proliferates, it drastically increases an institution's level of data insecurity. Hacker attacks can result in denial of service, data corruption or erasure, and passive theft (via spoofing, splicing, or session stealing). To ensure data security, a firewall (screening software program) and a security policy should be implemented.…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2000
A new study identifies and ranks the 10 security gaps responsible for most outsider attacks on college computer networks. The list is intended to help campus system administrators establish priorities as they work to increase security. One network security expert urges that institutions utilize multiple security layers. (DB)
Descriptors: Colleges, Computer Networks, Computer Security, Crime Prevention
Vandegrift, Kay E. – School Library Journal, 1996
Describes procedures for librarians interested in building a World Wide Web site. Highlights include hypertext markup language; home pages; determining audiences and purposes; promoting safety; the planning process, including text length and density, links to external sites, and maintenance; and copyright concerns. (LRW)
Descriptors: Audiences, Computer Security, Copyrights, Planning
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