Securing the home worker

Network Security

Volumn 2006, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 6-12

  Furnell, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISCO (CO); REMOTE WORKERS; TELEWORKING;

COMPUTER CRIME; INTERNET; LAPTOP COMPUTERS; PERSONAL COMPUTERS; PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SURVEYING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH;

EID: 33750958522     PISSN: 13534858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1353-4858(06)70451-2     Document Type: Article

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