This 3rd edition takes off where the 2nd ended to examine ethical, social, amp; policy challenges steaming from the emergence of cyberspace amp; the convergence of telecommunication amp; computing technologies, amp; the miniaturalization of computing, telecommunication, amp; information enabling devices.
New topics amp; features include:
• Provides fundamental discussion of computer network security system design amp; operation to reveal vulnerable areas in the computer network infrastructure
• Introduces amp; explores techniques in electronic crime investigation
• Explores biometric techniques to system access control
This book provides an updated discussion of the ethical amp; social issues that continue to evolve as computing amp; information technologies proliferate. Students, practitioners, amp; professionals who need to know about computer ethics, the legal aspects of computing, network security, computer crime investigation, amp; biometrics will find this an invaluable resource that addresses the latest in computer amp; information security.
Table of contents:
Introduction to Social and Ethical Computing.- Morality and the Law.- Ethics, Technology and Value, Ethics and the Professions.- Anonymity, Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties.- Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology.- Social Context of Computing.- Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities.- Computer Crimes.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace and Virtual Reality.- Cyberspace and Cyberethics.- Computer Networks Crimes.- Computer Crime Investigations - Computer Forensics.- Biometrics.- Appendix A: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.- Appendix B: The Federal False Claims Act.- Appendix C.- Projects
New topics amp; features include:
• Provides fundamental discussion of computer network security system design amp; operation to reveal vulnerable areas in the computer network infrastructure
• Introduces amp; explores techniques in electronic crime investigation
• Explores biometric techniques to system access control
This book provides an updated discussion of the ethical amp; social issues that continue to evolve as computing amp; information technologies proliferate. Students, practitioners, amp; professionals who need to know about computer ethics, the legal aspects of computing, network security, computer crime investigation, amp; biometrics will find this an invaluable resource that addresses the latest in computer amp; information security.
Table of contents:
Introduction to Social and Ethical Computing.- Morality and the Law.- Ethics, Technology and Value, Ethics and the Professions.- Anonymity, Security, Privacy and Civil Liberties.- Intellectual Property Rights and Computer Technology.- Social Context of Computing.- Software Issues: Risks and Liabilities.- Computer Crimes.- New Frontiers for Computer Ethics: Artificial Intelligence, Cyberspace and Virtual Reality.- Cyberspace and Cyberethics.- Computer Networks Crimes.- Computer Crime Investigations - Computer Forensics.- Biometrics.- Appendix A: The Digital Millennium Copyright Act.- Appendix B: The Federal False Claims Act.- Appendix C.- Projects