WEEK 13:CLEAR

This week in ISM3004 we learned about various computer functions including viruses, piracy, acceptable use policies and many other things. I enjoyed learning more about secure e-mail and the ways I could use it personally and in the business world.

I also read over the University of Florida's acceptable use policy and found it very interesting. E-mails on the surface seem like just simple messages from one person to another person, but they are complex. They are subject to Florida Public Records law. UF also does a great job of explicitly stating that chain mail, hate mail, spamming and virus hoaxing are illegal on UF's e-mail server. After four years at the university, I have seen less than 10 e-mails of this nature.

I also remember when people were phishing on the UF Webmail and UF cracked down on it right away, educating students to not give their password to anyone. These are all great things to have in the acceptable use policy.