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Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, back-to-school, data security, university, student, USB flash drive, person, security, hard drive

Engineering a new curriculum

September 10, 2007 UC Berkeley is remaking its engineering program to attract new students. On the agenda: nanotech, biology, social engineering. TAGS: curriculum, engineering, science, biology, health care, student, nanotechnology, health, researcher, security

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, university, cell phone, college, community, alert, school, situation, SMS, U.S., security, e-mail

Students uncover dozens of Unix software flaws

December 16, 2004 To make the grade, students at the University of Illinois found 44 security flaws in various Unix applications. TAGS: Daniel Bernstein, student, security flaw, flaw, Unix, programmer, security, Linux, e-mail

School chalks up McAfee alliance

January 20, 2005 The Rochester Institute of Technology is tapping McAfee for a master's program in computer security and information assurance. TAGS: McAfee Inc., software engineering, computer system, computer security, network security, alliance, student, security, information technology

School's out to shun IE

December 9, 2004 Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software. TAGS: Bofra worm, malicious code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Firefox, student, attacker, Opera Software, university, Web browser, attack, Apple Computer, security, virus, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC

Scammers teach Web students a tough lesson

November 1, 2004 A work-from-home training scam aims to part Australian PC users from their savings, Sophos says. TAGS: scammer, Sophos Plc., Graham Cluley, lesson, student, finance, training, security

Schooled in security

August 18, 2005 Universities are looking for ways to protect networks while maintaining a free flow of data and ideas--an idea businesses could learn from. TAGS: university, institution, computer security, security, student, researcher, attack

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, security breach, university, staff, personal information, student, database, security

Ohio University suffers security breaches

May 12, 2006 Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private info belonging to students and faculty. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, school, university, student, health, server, security

Symantec to fund security scholarship

December 9, 2002 Responding to a shortage of qualified pros in its field, the security technology company will fund a $50,000 graduate fellowship at Purdue University's computer-security center. TAGS: scholarship, Symantec Corp., security technology, education, security, student, technology company

Illinois university hit with security breach

July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University. TAGS: security breach, university, breach, institution, incident, hacker, Illinois, identity theft, security, student, credit card, server

University opens school for hackers

June 19, 2006 Scottish university says students will be carefully vetted for course in ethical hacking. TAGS: university, hacking, degree, course, hacker, student, information technology, security

Elementary school nixes electronic IDs

February 17, 2005 Under scrutiny, technology supplier shelves plan for outfitting California students with high-tech badges. TAGS: school, Electronic Privacy Information Center, RFID, student, privacy, children, radio, California, security

Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university

January 10, 2005 Thousands of students, faculty and staff at George Mason University have personal information downloaded by online intruders in a major security breach. TAGS: faculty, Social Security, Virginia, social security number, identity fraud, university, intruder, ID card, student, staff, personal information, hacker, server, security, e-mail

Electronic voting and copyright?

October 5, 2004 John Palfrey, director of the Berkman Center for Internet & Society, says Diebold's bid to use copyright law to put a lid on the public debate about the integrity of electronic voting is ill-co... TAGS: Diebold Inc., e-voting, copyright law, integrity, student, lawyer, service provider, letter, Internet service, document, Internet Service Provider, California, security

Napster, IBM promise cache savings

March 10, 2004 Napster says its Super Peer system, based on IBM's blade server architecture, will help bandwidth-hungry organizations, like universities and ISPs, conserve network assets. TAGS: Napster Inc., blade server, university, blade, bandwidth, digital media, file-sharing, IBM Corp., network security, file-swapping, Internet Service Provider, student, P2P, server, security

Week in review: Security breach

October 10, 2003 Despite heightened awareness of security vulnerabilities, prying eyes are still making very public intrusions. TAGS: Bertelsmann Music Group, district, Wi-Fi technology, Minnesota, antipiracy, Week in review, copy protection, Wi-Fi, Vonage Holdings Corp., student, security, health, attack, CD, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
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