Maintaining ethical standards for a computer security curriculum

  • Authors:
  • James Harris

  • Affiliations:
  • Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 1st annual conference on Information security curriculum development
  • Year:
  • 2004

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Abstract

Many undergraduate courses in Networking and Computer Security have adopted curricula involving sensitive security related details such as the hands-on use of network probing tools and password crackers, specific examples of virus and worm related code, and intimate details of security flaws such as buffer overflows. This paper looks at the ethical and legal issues involved in colleges and universities sponsoring such curricula.