Empiracal study of students' computer security practices/perceptions

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 105-110

  Teer, Faye P ^a   Kruck, S E ^a   Kruck, Gregory P ^b  

^a JAMES MADISON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Pricewaterhouse Coopers LLP   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer security; Student perceptions; Student practices

Indexed keywords

ANTI-VIRUS PROGRAMS; COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS; COMPUTING ENVIRONMENTS; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFORMATION SHARING; SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; STUDENT PERCEPTIONS; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

COMPUTER VIRUSES; SECURITY OF DATA; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

STUDENTS;

EID: 34249651786     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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