DATA SECURITY FOR E-LEARNING PLATFORMS

Over the past years, e-learning portals helped teachers to streamline learning process, users to decrease associated costs involved in traditional learning process and in this way customer satisfaction was increased and the impact of this teaching method increased worldwide. In this paper we will pr...

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Published inKnowledge horizons : economics Vol. 7; no. 1; p. 85
Main Author Iacob, Nicoleta Magdalena
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bucharest Dimitrie Cantemir Christian University 01.01.2015
Subjects
Data integrity
Denial of service attacks
Firewalls
Learning
Malware
Network security
Online instruction
Operating systems
Passwords
Servers
Software
Studies
Teaching methods
Threats
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Summary:Over the past years, e-learning portals helped teachers to streamline learning process, users to decrease associated costs involved in traditional learning process and in this way customer satisfaction was increased and the impact of this teaching method increased worldwide. In this paper we will present the basic components of such a platform, categorize the most frequent security threats associated with those platforms and will show the ways to mitigate a denial of service attack using the capabilities of a network device from a recognized leader in network security industry.
ISSN:2069-0932
2066-1061