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Information Security in an Introductory Course
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Introduction Kathy Winters University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Computer Science and Engineering Coordinator of Computer Literacy Lecturer – Java, Information Security, Capstone Kathy-Winters@utc.edu
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Introductory Course Definition Depends 2 or 4 year school Course of study Web development Information Technology Information Management Computer Science Service Course
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Questions To Be Answered What do we teach? When do we teach it? Who do we teach it to?
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Routine / Traditional / Minimal > Passwords/ID > Malware > Theft of Computer > Spyware & Pop ups > Secure Connections > Spam > Firewalls > Service Pack Updates > Cookies > Encryption > Data Backups > Phishing
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What Do We Teach Social Engineering Shoulder surfing Thumb drives Technicians Clean people Students in the lab Not closing our applications Giving away our info
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What Do We Teach Social Networks Dangers of sharing information Future employers are using these to screen applicants Posting pictures of our families with identifying information Impersonation
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What Do We Teach Internet searches Know the source – Is it reliable Wikipedia Source for papers Source of code Does it contain a virus Copyright violations Music, games
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Consolidation of Data Search patterns Google Open docs Data mining
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Other General Topics Sexting????
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What Do We Teach Web Design Classes Cleaning input Input size checking Special character checking SQL injection
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What Do We Teach Networking Security issues History and why Basics of securing wireless transmissions Encrypted transmission
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What Do We Teach Programming Classes Buffer overflows Secure coding Defensive programming Trap doors Testing
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