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Czuprynski, Christine N. – National School Boards Association, 2019
"Data security" describes the protections in place to prevent unauthorized access to or acquisition of personal student and staff information. A school district's data security measures might include keeping student and staff personal data in locked filing cabinets, and limiting access to those filing cabinets to people within the school…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Boards of Education, Data, Information Security
National School Boards Association, 2014
The Cloud's presence in both personal and professional lives has happened so quickly. In fact, many of the educational tools employed by teachers and district offices operate through an Internet connection only. The advantages of Cloud-based platforms and learning tools are obvious--ease, convenience, 24/7 accessibility, less staff time…
Descriptors: Internet, Computer Software, Computers, Users (Information)
Noordenbos, Meino G. – Electronic and Optical Publishing Review, 1987
Discusses the need for user oriented optical storage systems to deal with information storage in offices, and describes the Megadoc system. The features described include hardware configurations, microcomputer applications, the ability to read microfilm or microfiche documents, equipment standards, and current systems software. (CLB)
Descriptors: Automation, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices, Cost Effectiveness
Slamecka, Vladimir – 1984
The evaluation and selection of information/data management system software for the Egyptian National Scientific and Technical (STI) Network are described. An overview of the state-of-the-art of database technology elaborates on the differences between information retrieval and database management systems (DBMS). The desirable characteristics of…
Descriptors: Computer Software, Databases, Evaluation Criteria, Foreign Countries
National Bureau of Standards (DOC), Washington, DC. Inst. for Computer Sciences and Technology. – 1986
Activities of the Institute for Computer Sciences and Technology (ICST) within the U.S. Department of Commerce during fiscal year 1986 are described in this annual report, which summarizes research and publications by ICST in the following areas: (1) standards and guidelines for computer security, including encryption and message authentication…
Descriptors: Annual Reports, Computer Networks, Computer Software, Computer Storage Devices
Johnston, Jerome – 1985
Changes in several technologies that handle, manipulate, and transmit information and ways in which these technologies are affecting businesses and homes are discussed in this paper, which also addresses the potential impact of these changes on public education. The first of four sections provides a very brief history of the computer revolution,…
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Software, Elementary Secondary Education, Information Networks