Networks

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Archival Material
Below was created in 2006-7 - but there is still a LOT of information you should explore.

Social and Ethical Issues

 * Vulnerability of networks and intrusions
 * Encryption and SSL
 * Ability to implement difference levels of access
 * Implications of network failure, for example, banks, transportation, hospitals, schools
 * Implications of collaboration, groupware and data sharing
 * Threat of compromising data integrity in shared databases
 * Additional threats to privacy on a networkompared with stand-alone computers
 * The need to authenticate information
 * Intellectual property protection on networks, for example site licences, file access
 * Equality of access for different groups and individuals
 * Ability to monitor users (surveillance); concerns of people regarding monitoring
 * Ability to filter incoming data
 * Ability to control personal, business, military, government operations over a wide geographical area
 * Increased globalization, for example, EFT, EDI, e-commerce
 * Need for interface standards
 * Need for network use policy

Social and Ethical Issues

 * Types of intrusion; viruses
 * Types of intrusion; hacking
 * Types of intrusion, phreaking
 * Security measures
 * Network types, for example, Intranet, Internet, VNP
 * E-commerce