Establish a secure and trustworthy ICT environment for educational systems: a case study

Abstract

Nowadays information and communication security has recently emerged as one of the most important tasks in the field of network management, operations and maintenance. The information security issue is of particular importance to the Taiwan Academic Network, a network which connects the networks of educational and research institutions in Taiwan. ICT environment in educational systems involves vast connected units and is featuring complexity, diversity and openness. In this paper, we investigate current situation of Taiwan Ministry of Education ICT security development and provide a case study. We also discussed challenges and solutions for improving ICT security environment in educational system.