Incorporating Privacy into the Undergraduate Curriculum

  • Authors:
  • Jaideep Vaidya;Basit Shafiq;David Lorenzi;Nazia Badar

  • Affiliations:
  • Rutgers University, 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ 07102, 1-973-353-1441;LUMS, D.H.A., Lahore Cantt., Lahore, Pakistan 54792, 92-42-3560-8366;Rutgers University, 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ 07102, 1-973-353-5371;Rutgers University, 1 Washington Park, Newark, NJ 07102, 1-973-353-5205

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2013 on InfoSecCD '13: Information Security Curriculum Development Conference
  • Year:
  • 2013

Quantified Score

Hi-index 0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Today, our social, economic and political systems all make increasing use of the underlying computing infrastructure, and are heavily reliant on its safety and robustness. The ubiquitous collection and analysis of data through this infrastructure creates a burgeoning privacy problem. Indeed, special care must be taken to ensure that privacy is not breached from misuse of data flowing through these systems. Recently, the severity of this problem has been recognized both in the legislature and in the computing research field. However, we still lack a comprehensive view of this important topic in the undergraduate curriculum. Privacy is a critical problem for individuals and society at large. Serious problems are caused inadvertently due to ignorance of the subject and general lack of knowledge. Raising awareness of privacy issues, along with knowledge of the current state of the art technical and sociological solutions is best inculcated in young minds right from the start. In this paper, we explore how a comprehensive view of privacy can be incorporated into the undergraduate curriculum at the appropriate level. We present two alternative approaches towards this -- having an independent course for privacy or including small modules on privacy within existing courses.