Security in E-Learning

Edgar Weippl (auth.)0-387-24341-0, 0-387-26065-X, 978-0-387-24341-2, 978-0-387-26065-5

Security in E-Learning is organized in three parts. First, the author raises awareness that security is an important issue in the context of education. The second part of the book emphasizes that security is mainly an organizational and management issue. The third goal highlights improving security as an ongoing process. Security in E-Learning includes technical fundamentals (buzz words), examples and case studies covering each of these three topics.

Considering the enormous costs of creating and maintaining courses, it is surprising that security is not yet considered an important issue by professionals, professors and students. Traditional security research has been largely driven by military requirements to enforce secrecy in the realm of e-learning. In most cases, the knowledge contained in e-learning programs is widely available. Therefore, the asset is not the information itself, but the hypermedia presentation used to convey the information.

Security in E-Learning is designed for a professional audience composed of researchers and practitioners in industry and IT professionals. This volume is also suitable for upper undergraduate-level and graduate-level students in computer science.

Table of contents :
Introduction….Pages 3-11
Authors….Pages 13-19
Teachers….Pages 21-34
Managers….Pages 35-48
Students….Pages 49-53
Protecting Content….Pages 57-71
Security Risk Analysis….Pages 73-96
Personal Security Checklist….Pages 97-110
Access Control, Authentication & Auditing….Pages 111-130
Cryptography….Pages 131-153
PGP – Pretty Good Privacy….Pages 157-166
Plagiarism Detection and Prevention….Pages 167-171