In Class Exercise #1

Get into groups of two.

Tell me a little bit about what you believe to be the greatest computer security risk to students at UIW. Describe IN DETAIL based on either your own experience or the experience of friends. Include the reasons behind why this risk exists, what technologies could be implemented to help, what education could be provided to students, etc. This can be a physical risk (losing a laptop, shoulder surfing), network risk, lab risk, etc.

Think of risky behaviors you have seen on campus. Think of the dorms, the labs and other locations on campus.

We will discuss this at the end of class. Could dovetail very easily into an extra credit article for a group.

The OSI Model and Security

Reference article on OSI and security

This is a sample chapter out of a book that is a good reference for the OSI model in general (which you need to know backwards, forwards and sideways) and some interesting discussion about how security and the layers interact.

I want you to pick one of the layers and post an answer to the following questions:

1) Which layer did you pick?
2) Why do you feel this layer poses the greatest security risk?

For my class...or anyone else who wants to comment :-)

I commented to a reporter for this article back in July. I would like for you to research the issue and provide me a few paragraphs about your thoughts. Answer the questions

1) What was the problem (detail)?
2) Why was this a big issue for MySpace?
3) Who do you think is to blame? Microsoft, MySpace, or Users and why?
4) How can colleges (which have a high population of MySpace users) help control/educate their users? Should MySpace be blocked?