1. Safeguarding Computer Systems
Security
Safeguarding Computer Systems
Protecting computers from power-relate problems
power surges & power outages
autosave
uninterruptible power supply (UPS)
Module B
A UPS is battery powered device that provides power to your computer for a limited time in a power outage

2. Safeguarding Computer Systems
Security
Safeguarding Computer Systems
Controlling access
callback systems
tokens
digital certificates
smartcards
biometric authentication
Module B
Smartcards are credit-card-sized devices wit their own internal memories

3. Safeguarding Computer Systems
Security
Safeguarding Computer Systems
Firewalls
Encryption
Antivirus programs or vaccines
Data backups
full backups
incremental backups
disaster recovery plan
Module B

4. Current Issues and Controversies
Module
The Encryption Debate
Obscenity and Indecency
Privacy C

5. Current Issues & Controversies
The scenario . . .
Module C
Identity theft is one of the fastest-growing crimes in the U.S. and Canada. Criminals obtain enough information about you to open a credit account in your name, and then max it out -- leaving you with the bill.

6. The Encryption Debate Encryption (coded message) basics
Current issues & controversies
The Encryption Debate
Encryption (coded message) basics
rot-13
Problem of key interception
Public-key encryption
public-key
Module C
For more information concerning public-key encryption, visit the RSA Laboratories’ Frequently-Asked Questions on Cryptography page

7. The Encryption Debate Security issues of strong encryption
Current issues & controversies
The Encryption Debate
Security issues of strong encryption
key escrow
key recovery
Export restrictions
bit length
Global dimension
Module C
To get the latest news and perspectives about cryptography issues, visit the Center for Democracy and Technology’s Crypto Debate page

8. Obscenity & Indecency Obscenity Indecency
Current issues & controversies
Obscenity & Indecency
Obscenity
Indecency
Communications Decency ACT (CDA)
Filtering software
World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)
Platform for Internet Content Selection (PICS)
The Global Dimension
Module C

9. Current issues & controversies
Obscenity & Indecency
Net Nanny is one example of filtering software that enables parents to screen out Web sites that contain indecent or obscene material
Module C

10. Current issues & controversies
Privacy
Module C
Defined by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Louis Brandeis in 1928 as “the right to be left alone,” privacy refers to an individual’s ability to keep their personal and family business away from prying eyes

11. Privacy Privacy rights in the U.S. Databases of personal information
Current issues & controversies
Privacy
Privacy rights in the U.S.
Databases of personal information
How is information collected?
Is self-regulation sufficient?
Proposed solutions
Platform for Privacy Preferences (P3)
The Global Dimension
Module C

12. Protecting Your Privacy Online
Current issues & controversies
Protecting Your Privacy Online
To safeguard your privacy . . .
Don’t use your employer’s computers for personal
Tell children not to divulge personal information to strangers online
Don’t fill out site registration forms unless you see a privacy policy statement
Module C
Web sites can collect information without your knowledge and consent. To see an example, visit the Center for Democracy and Technology’s CDT Privacy Demonstration Page

13. Emerging Technologies
Module
Tomorrows Hardware: Faster, Cheaper, Connected
Artificial Intelligence: Toward the Smart Machine?
Social Impact of AI: Sharing the World with Machines Who Think D

14. Emerging Technologies
The prediction . . .
Module D
What will computers be like in the future? It’s very easy to predict the future -- the hard part is getting it right, and that’s particularly true where technology is concerned. Past predictions don’t offer much comfort . . .

15. Tomorrow’s Hardware: Faster, Cheaper, Connected
Emerging technologies
Tomorrow’s Hardware: Faster, Cheaper, Connected
Module D
Moore’s Law
Metcalfe’s Law
As computers become faster, cheaper, and more valuable, they’ll encourage the trend towards the digitization of all the world’s information and knowledge

16. The Short Term Typical personal computer: Today & 2005 D
Emerging technologies
The Short Term
Typical personal computer: Today & 2005
Module D

17. Tomorrow’s Hardware: Faster, Cheaper, Connected
Emerging technologies
Tomorrow’s Hardware: Faster, Cheaper, Connected
Module D
The long term
ubiquitous (everywhere) computing
Limits of trend extrapolation

18. Artificial Intelligence: Toward the Smart Machine
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence: Toward the Smart Machine
Defining intelligence
learn and retain the learned knowledge
reason on the basis of the knowledge
plan (develop strategies)
communicate
recognize patterns
Module D
For information on artificial intelligence, an excellent starting point is AI on the Web.

19. Artificial Intelligence: Toward the Smart Machine
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence: Toward the Smart Machine
AI is the field that attempts to endow computers with intelligence. Although scientists know little about the human brain, it's clear that the brain is far more complex than any computer
Module D

20. The Human Brain As a CPU Speculative estimates D Emerging technologies
Module D

21. Emerging technologies
The Turing Test
British computer scientist Alan Turing. According to most psychologists, the Turing Test's type-and-response method is too simplistic.
Module D

22. Artificial Intelligence
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Brute force
AI achievements
On May 11, 1997, Big Blue defeated Russian chess master Garry Kasparov
Module D

23. Artificial Intelligence
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Module D
Natural language
speech recognition
Major advances have been made in speech recognition, in which computers translate spoken speech into text

24. Artificial Intelligence
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Machine translation
Expert systems
knowledge representation
knowledge base
Intelligent agents
Pattern recognition
Fuzzy logic
Module D
Try machine translation yourself by visiting Babelfish, an online Web translator created by AltaVista

25. Robots
Emerging technologies
Increasingly, robots are performing tasks such as assembly, welding, material-handling, and material transport
Module D
Like to build your own robot? Visit Mondo-Tronics Robot Store where you’ll find nearly 300 robot kits and accessories

26. Artificial Intelligence
Emerging technologies
Artificial Intelligence
Strong AI
CYC
Cog
neural networks
genetic algorithms
Module D
The brain contains billions neurons. In a neural net, thousands of computer processing units are connected in multiple ways, just as the neurons in the brain are connected

27. Social Impact of AI: Sharing the World with Machines Who Think
Emerging technologies
Social Impact of AI: Sharing the World with Machines Who Think
Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics
First: A robot may not injure a human being . . .
Second: A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where it may conflict with the First Law
Third: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law
Module D