Information security and ethics in educational context : the development of conceptual framework to examine their impact

• Main Authors: Namayandeh, Meysam, Masrom, Maslin, Ismail, Zuraini
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2009
• Subjects: QA76 Computer software
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12617/1/MeysamNamayandeh2008_InformationSecurityandEthichinEducationalContext.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/12617/

Information security and ethics are viewed as major areas of interest by many academic researchers and industrial experts. Information security and ethics is de fine d as an all-encompassing term that refers to all activities needed to secure information and systems that supports it in order to facilitate its ethical use. In this research, the important part of current studies introduced and the fundamental concepts of a security framework are explained. To achieve the goals of information security and ethics, suggested framework discussed from educational level to training stage in order to evaluate computer ethics and its social impacts. Using survey research, insight IS provided regarding the extent to which and how university student have dealt with issues of computer ethics and to address the result of designed computer ethics framework on their future career and behavioural experience.