March 19, 2004

Colleges Brace for the Next Worm

By ANDREA L. FOSTER

As campus technicians work to improve system security, a new survey shows the steep cost of computer infestations

Table: Showing the costs to fix computers infected by a computer worm

Table: Colloquy Live: Read the transcript of a live, online discussion with Gregory A. Jackson, vice president and chief information officer at the University of Chicago, about what colleges can and should do to combat computer worms and viruses.By ANDREA L. FOSTER

Slippery and insidious,

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