Teaching IT security
Computer Fraud & Security · 2008
A US researcher has published a paper on the measures taken at a US university to ensure students studying IT security don’t turn into blackhat hackers. Course leaders at Ball State University worried the university would be held liable if students inflicted damage on external networks. It isn’t easy to teach the IT defenders of the future according to research published by Ball State University. Sarah Hilley looks at how university staff faced the challenges.