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Oppenheim, Charles – Journal of Information Science, 1996
Discusses the development a national information policy in the United Kingdom (UK): policies for national information infrastructures, electronic information services, privacy and data protection, copyright, public and national libraries; reviews problems inhibiting Internet use; compares the UK's and the European Commission's approaches to…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Copyrights, Foreign Countries, Information Policy
Olsen, Florence – Chronicle of Higher Education, 2003
Discusses how the potential effectiveness of Palladium, Microsoft's new approach to computer security, is worrying academics, who say it could allow publishers to dam the free flow of online information. (EV)
Descriptors: Access to Information, Computer Security, Electronic Publishing, Higher Education
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Schaefer, Robert M. – New Directions for Student Services, 2002
This article reviews safety and security issues as they relate to technology, both for individuals and for the higher education institution. (Author)
Descriptors: Computer Security, Higher Education, School Safety, School Security
Carpenter, Cal – Learning & Leading with Technology, 1996
Considers ethics issues involved with using online resources like the Internet in elementary and secondary education and suggests that educators initiate and model a standardized role of ethical behavior for Internet users. Topics include hackers; privacy, piracy, and security; screening electronic sites; ethics education; and an ethics model.…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Elementary Secondary Education, Ethics, Internet
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Loew, Robert; Stengel, Ingo; Bleimann, Udo; McDonald, Aidan – Internet Research, 1999
Presents an overview of two projects that concern local area networks and the common point between networks as they relate to network security. Discusses security architectures based on firewall components, packet filters, application gateways, security-management components, an intranet solution, user registration by Web form, and requests for…
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Information Retrieval, Local Area Networks
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Rowley, Jennifer – Internet Research, 1996
Internet advertising and commercial activity are increasing. This article examines challenges facing the retail industry on the Internet: location; comparison shopping; security, especially financial transactions; customer base and profile; nature of the shopping experience; and legal and marketplace controls. (PEN)
Descriptors: Advertising, Business, Computer Security, Free Enterprise System
Ekhaml, Leticia – School Library Media Activities Monthly, 2001
Describes a variety of Internet threats to computers and networks used in schools. Discusses electronic trashing; clearing hard drives; cyber spying on Web sites visited; protection against cyber spying, including disposable email accounts; password sniffers; privacy policies; email snooping; email attachments that carry viruses; and hoaxes. (LRW)
Descriptors: Computer Networks, Computer Security, Computer Uses in Education, Electronic Mail
Mills, Lane B. – School Administrator, 2004
School district networks are particularly difficult to protect given the diverse types of users, software, equipment and connections that most school districts provide. Vulnerabilities to the security of school district's technology infrastructure can relate to users, data, software, hardware and transmission. This article discusses different…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, School Districts, Computer Security, Privacy
Goldsborough, Reid – Black Issues in Higher Education, 2004
What's the worst thing that can happen to your computer? Worse than a hard disk crash, virus infection, spam assault, denial-of-service attack, hacker take-over, fire, flood, or other human, mechanical or natural disaster is a faulty backup when you really need it. If the computer blows up, as long as your data is backed up securely, you can…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Storage Devices, Computers, Internet
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Ozkan, Betul C.; Gunay, Vedat – T.H.E. Journal, 2004
Emerging technologies are quickly becoming part of daily learning and teaching endeavors in academia. Due to the access to certain high-tech tools educators must learn how to integrate these tools in educational settings. However, many also encounter problems and weaknesses in the same high-tech environment that uses and delivers information…
Descriptors: Viruses, Computer Security, Higher Education, Computer Networks
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Sullivan, Megan – Science Teacher, 2005
For the general public, the field of cryptography has recently become famous as the method used to uncover secrets in Dan Brown's fictional bestseller, The Da Vinci Code. But the science of cryptography has been popular for centuries--secret hieroglyphics discovered in Egypt suggest that code-making dates back almost 4,000 years. In today's…
Descriptors: Information Skills, Programming, Internet, Computer Security
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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
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Brobst, Jan; Council, Chip – Community College Journal, 2005
The discussion in this article is intended to provide an examination of why top management, IT management, and internal auditors should be interested in IT governance. Some aspects of IT management will be described including implementation, auditing, availability, security, and alignment. One governance framework, COBIT, will be utilized as a…
Descriptors: Audits (Verification), Information Technology, Administration, Governance
Trotter, Andrew – Education Week, 2004
This article discusses computer software that can give classrooms and computer labs the capabilities of costly PC's at a small fraction of the cost. A growing number of cost-conscious school districts are finding budget relief in low-cost computer software known as "open source" that can do everything from manage school Web sites to equip…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer Software, Cost Effectiveness, Web Sites
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Harrison, Warren – Journal on Educational Resources in Computing, 2006
The typical approach to creating an examination disk for exercises and projects in a course on computer forensics is for the instructor to populate a piece of media with evidence to be retrieved. While such an approach supports the simple use of forensic tools, in many cases the use of an instructor-developed examination disk avoids utilizing some…
Descriptors: Computer Security, Computer System Design, Evidence, Crime
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