Course Description
This course introduces the students to the legal, social, and ethical issues of information technology and use. The course focuses on topics such as information assurance and security, growth and control of the internet, information rights, intangible digital intellectual property, liability, accountability, philosophical foundations of privacy protection, security, crime, ethical principles, codes of ethics, "the digital divide", philosophical foundations of intellectual property, role of Patent and Technology Transfer offices, role of government, role of law enforcement, role of business and industry; professional conduct, social responsibility, and rigorous standards for software testing and reliability.
Students read, write, discuss, and present reports on these topics: fraud and abuse, electronic communication privacy, mail fraud, credit card abuse, privacy protection, copyright and patent statute, digital-rights management, communication decency, ACM code of ethics and professional conduct, dispute resolution policy, privacy implications of widespread data collection for transactional databases, data warehouses, surveillance systems, and cloud computing, Ramifications of differential privacy, technology-based solutions for privacy protection, cultural and environmental impacts of implementation decisions (e.g. organizational policies, economic viability, and resource consumption), law and computer, Saudi anti-cybercrime law.
Course ID: CIS 413
Credit hours | Theory | Practical | Laboratory | Lecture | Studio | Contact hours | Pre-requisite | 2 | - | - |
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