| Online Courses Bring Advantages and
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| | And if external threats to the students
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| Security ThreatsA college education is
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| | and the network were not enough, a system
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| mandatory in today's job market. Because
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| | administrator at a college also has to
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| of this, many workers find themselves
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| | deal with the actions of the students as
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| pursuing a higher education while they
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| | well.The Hazards of DownloadingComputer
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| are employed. One way colleges are making
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| | access in the college library is very
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| access to education more convenient for
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| | common even on the smallest of community
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| workers is by offering a wide range of
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| | college campuses. Students unaware of
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| their curriculum via online courses. This
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| | security threats can easily surf a number
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| growing trend brings with it all the
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| | of questionable websites, downloading
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| advantages and disadvantages associated
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| | objectionable material and leaving a
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| with Internet connectivity.One of the
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| | network vulnerable by visiting a chat
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| main advantages to students is easy
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| | room or opening an instant message with a
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| access to their coursework at all hours
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| | skillful hacker on the other end.Through
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| of the day and night. In fact, online
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| | any of these means an unprotected network
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| classes can usually accommodate any work
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| | can be at risk for backdoor programs,
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| schedule. The ease of communication with
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| | viruses and hackers. Defending against
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| the instructor is another reason online
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| | these threats is important for network
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| courses are so popular. Still another
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| | security, student safety and the
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| important advantage is that online
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| | college's reputation. An unsecured
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| courses can be accessed easily from any
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| | network is easy prey for an experienced
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| public commuter with an Internet
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| | hacker and the last thing a college can
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| connection, like those you might find at
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| | afford is to have a student's personal
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| universities or in public
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| | information or worse, financial
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| libraries.Colleges and universities
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| | information compromised.Reputation and
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| support this trend toward online classes
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| | IntegrityColleges rely on their
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| because they can attract more students
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| | reputations and integrity to distinguish
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| and increase revenue without incurring
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| | their institutions in a crowded field.
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| the overhead associated with a classroom
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| | Their reputation is comprised of many
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| full of students.However, as with any
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| | elements including student success rates
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| trend, there is a downside to this rapid
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| | and faculty expertise. The integrity of a
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| increase in online education. Chief among
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| | college's network security can directly
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| the challenges institutions face is the
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| | impact student enrollment because any
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| need to defend against Internet-based
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| | decline in a school's good reputation can
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| threats. These threats are inherent in
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| | spread like wildfire. Schools with
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| Web access and include instant messaging
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| | diminished reputations can see enrollment
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| and peer-to-peer file sharing, spyware
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| | fall off as parents and students alike
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| and phishing attacks, a wide-range of
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| | find other schools with better
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| objectionable Web content and human
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| | reputations.This situation doesn't just
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| nature itself.MySpace.comExamples of
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| | affect colleges, it also applies to local
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| human corruption as a source of
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| | schools and school districts where
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| Internet-based threats are everywhere.
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| | networks, computers in classroom and
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| The Internet is rife with everything from
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| | wireless connections are becoming more
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| the criminality of hacking and phishing
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| | common. Even more compelling, protecting
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| attacks to the irritation of
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| | young children is more critical for
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| surreptitious spyware agents. The most
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| | schools than even their
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| dangerous threat is from predators who
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| | reputations.Utilizing proper filtering
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| often target young people, the very ones
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| | hardware and software can protect the
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| who are likely using computers at schools
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| | integrity of the educational institution
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| and libraries. In a recent scandal
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| | as well as their security and by
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| involving MySpace.com, a predator was
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| | extension, the security of the students.
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| tracking the movements of teenaged girls
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| | Filtering hardware can prevent students
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| via their postings. Predators on the
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| | from accessing unsafe websites or
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| Internet have been present since the
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| | questionable ones. It can prevent
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| beginning of Internet technology. They
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| | downloading of materials, backdoor
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| fish in chat rooms, message boards and
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| | programs and worms.The Obvious
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| e-mail. Even if the unsuspecting public
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| | SolutionWith the use of filtering
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| is aware of the dangers posed by
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| | hardware, schools can protect ports into
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| predators, the need for Internet security
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| | their network exploited by instant
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| is essential in any strategy for
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| | messaging programs and more. When it
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| defending against Web-based threats. This
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| | comes right down to it, educational
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| becomes even more critical when an
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| | institutions are negligent if they do not
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| educational site is vulnerable to
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| | employ the right network security. With
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| attack.Colleges provide their own
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| | so many potential problems waiting to
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| websites, message boards, blogs and email
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| | prey on the unsuspecting and unsecured
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| addresses. When a phisher or hacker or a
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| | network, filtering hardware is the
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| predator with hacking skills is able to
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| | obvious answer.iPrism internet filters
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| breach the unsecured network of a
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| | and web filters provide internet
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| college, it leaves more than just
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| | monitoring and network security.
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| intellectual property open for perusal.
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