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June 06, 2006, 11:04 AM ET
Colleges Are Most Insecure Places for Personal Data
The largest percentage of security breaches in the United States happens at colleges, with higher-education institutions involved in 30 percent of all incidents, according to ChoicePoint, a consumer data-collection firm. If you do the math, it turns out that 845,000 college students, professors, or alumni have had data about them jeopardized because of security incidents at colleges since January. Soon colleges will be able to boast having over a million served to hackers or identity theives. (Los Angeles Times)
Do colleges need to take more dramatic steps to respond ot this trend? Or will colleges always be more vulnerable than other institutions because of the openness needed for academic freedom? Are professors and students willing to risk the occasional privacy lapse in exchange for the open networks they now enjoy? Share your thoughts.
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