Vulnerabilities and responsibilities: Dealing with monsters in computer security

Journal of Information, Communication and Ethics in Society

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 243-257

  Pieters, W ^a   Consoli, L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Culture; Data security; Ethics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993030383     PISSN: 1477996X     EISSN: 17588871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14779960911004499     Document Type: Article

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