The legal aspects of corporate computer usage policies

Computer Law and Security Review

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 72-76

  Taylor, Mark ^a   Haggerty, John ^b   Gresty, David ^c  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer usage policy; Legal compliance

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER FORENSICS; COMPUTER USAGE POLICY; COMPUTING FACILITIES; EMPLOYEE PRODUCTIVITY; LEGAL ACTION; LEGAL ASPECTS; LEGAL COMPLIANCE; MALICIOUS CODES; NETWORK BANDWIDTH;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 74749098538     PISSN: 02673649     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clsr.2009.11.007     Document Type: Article

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