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Client TLS
TLS prevents perpetrators from accessing or tampering with communications. Web addresses of pages that use TLS typically begin with https instead of http. TLS is available in 128-bit encryption and higher.
Secure HTTP (S-HTTP)
Allows users to choose an encryption scheme for data that passes between a client and a server. The client and server must have digital certificates. S-HTTP is more difficult to use than TLS but it is more secure.
VPN
Provides a mobile user with a secure connection to the company network server as if the user has a private line. VPNs help ensure that data is safe from being intercepted by unauthorized people by encrypting data as it transmits from a notebook computer, smartphone, or other mobile device.
Computer Ethics
Guidelines for the morally acceptable use of computers in our society. Includes the right to keep personal information such as credit ratings and medical histories from getting into unauthorized hands.
Cyberbullying
The use of the Internet to send or post content intended to hurt or embarrass another person. It includes sending repeated unwanted e-mails, posting false statements, maliciously disclosing personal data, and sending any type of threatening or harassing communication.
Intellectual Property (IP)
Refers to unique and original works such as ideas, inventions, art, writings, processes, company and product names, and logos. Intellectual property rights are the rights to which creators are entitled for their work.
Copyright
A legal concept that gives content creators the right to control use and distribution of their work. Materials that can be copyrighted include paintings, books, music, films, and even video games.
Software Piracy
The unauthorized use, duplication, distribution, or sale of commercially available software. This can include selling counterfeit software, distributing software with unauthorized keys, or downloading software from unauthorized sources.
What is copyright?
Copyright is a legal concept that gives content creators the right to control the use and distribution of their work.
What materials can be copyrighted?
Materials that can be copyrighted include paintings, books, music, films, and video games.
What is software piracy?
Software piracy is the unauthorized copying and distribution of software.
How much does the software industry lose annually to software piracy?
The software industry loses over 60 billion annually to software piracy.
What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)?
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a law that criminalizes the production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures that control access to copyrighted works.
What is digital rights management (DRM)?
Digital rights management is a systematic approach to copyright protection for digital media.
DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT
Makes it illegal to deactivate or disable antipiracy technologies to copy, resell, or give away commercial programs, and to sell or use programs or devices that are illegally copying software.
DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM)
A collection of technologies designed to prevent copyright violations, used to control the number of devices that can access a file and limit the kinds of devices that can access a file.
Legal Sources for Digital Media
Examples include television programs that can be watched online for free on television network sponsored sites, sites like Pandora that allow listeners to enjoy music at no cost, and online stores that legally sell music and video content.
PLAGIARISM
The illegal and unethical representation of someone else's work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.
GREEN COMPUTING
Involves reducing electricity and environmental waste while using a computer, with the aim to combat resource wastage.
INFORMATION PRIVACY
Refers to the right of individuals and companies to deny or restrict the collection and use of information about them.
Ethics
Morals and values that govern our behavior and decision-making.
Ethics
The study of principles relating to right and wrong conduct.
Morals
Principles of right and wrong behavior, generally based on personal beliefs or cultural norms.
Values
Principles or standards of behavior; one's judgment of what is important in life.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA)
It makes it illegal to deactivate or disable antipiracy technologies, copy, resell, or give away commercial programs, or to sell or use programs or devices that are illegally copying software.
Digital Rights Management (DRM)
A collection of technologies designed to prevent copyright violations. It is used to control the number of devices that can access a given file and limit the kinds of devices that can access a file.
Legal Sources for Digital Media
Includes television programs that can be watched online for free, sites like Pandora that allow listeners to enjoy music at no cost, and online stores that legally sell music and video content (e.g., Apple's iTunes Music Store).
Plagiarism
The illegal and unethical representation of someone else's work and ideas as your own without giving credit to the original source.
Plagiarism Detection
Recognizing and catching plagiarists is relatively easy. Services such as Turnitin are dedicated to preventing Internet plagiarism by examining a paper's content and comparing it to a wide range of known public electronic documents.
Green Computing
Involves reducing electricity and environmental waste while using a computer to combat resource waste and environmental harm.
