Michael E. Whitman, Ph.D.

RESEARCH IN INFORMATION SECURITY AND ASSURANCE

General Security Issues

"Threats to Information Systems Security: An Update" under review at Journal of Computer Information Systems.

"Enemy at the Gates: Threats to Information Security" under review at the Communications of the ACM.

"Attitudes Towards the Use of Persistent Cookies," The Journal of Computer Information Systems, 41(3). Spring 2001. pp. 1-7. With Perez, J. & Beise, C.

Security and Policy

"Information Systems Security and the Need for Policy." Information Security Management: Global Challenges in the Next Millennium, Dhillon, G. (Ed.). 2000. pp. 9-19. With Townsend, A. M. & Aalberts, R. J.

"Employer Liability under the Communications Decency Act: Developing an Effective Policy Response." Employee Responsibilities and Rights Journal. 12(1). March 2000. pp. 39-46. With Townsend, A. M., & Aalberts, R. J.

"Considerations for an Effective Telecommunications-Use Policy." Communications of the ACM, 42(6). June 1999. pp. 101-109. With Townsend, A. M. & Aalberts, R. J.,

"The Academic Telecommunications-Use Policy," The Journal of Education for MIS, 5(1), 1998, pp. 91-97. With Townsend A. M. & Aalberts. R. J.

"Proposed Model Policy For Managing Telecommunications-Related Sexual Harassment In The Workplace." Labor Law Journal. 48(10). October 1997. pp. 616-626. With Aalberts, R. J., Townsend A. M. & Seidman, L. H.,

"Danger on the Desktop: The Telecommunications Act of 1996: Implications for Organizational Policy." HRMagazine. 42(1). January 1997. pp. 82-85. With Townsend, A. M., & Aalberts, R. J.

Security and Ethics

"Cross-National Differences In Computer-Use Ethics: A Nine Country Study." The Journal of International Business Studies. 30(4). 1999. pp. 673-687. With Townsend, A. M. & Hendrickson, A. R.

"Cyber-Squatting: A Case Of First Come, First Server or Piracy On The Cyber-Seas?" Information Systems Security. 8(1), Spring 1999. With Townsend, A. M. & Aalberts R. J.

"An Examination Of Cross-National Differences In Computer-Related Ethical Decision Making." ACMSIG Computers and Society. 28(4). December 1998. pp. 22-27. With Townsend, A. M., Hendrickson, A. R. & Fields, D. A.,

"Computer Aversion And Computer-Use Ethics In US And Asian Cultures." The Journal of Computer Information Systems. 38(4). Summer 1998. pp. 19-24. With Townsend, A. M., Hendrickson, A. R., & Rensvold, R. B.

"An Examination of Computer-Use Ethics in Hong Kong and the United States," Journal of International Information Management. 7(1). Spring 1998, pp. 29-38. With Townsend, A. M., Hendrickson, A. R. & Fields, D. A

"IS Ethical Issues for Business Management" Ethics and Critical Thinking Quarterly Journal. 38(408). March 1996. pp. 60-98. With Hendrickson, A. R.

Security and Law

"The Communications Decency Act: An Update for IS Management," Information Systems Management, 16(1). Winter 1999, pp. 91-95. With Townsend, A. M. & Aalberts, R. J.

"The Communications Decency Act: It's Not as Dead as You Think." Communications of the ACM. 42(1). January 1999, pp. 15-18. Reprinted in Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access. ACM: Critical Thinking Issue: New York 1(1), 2000 pp. 24-28. With Townsend, A. M. & Aalberts R. J.

"The Threat of Long-arm Jurisdiction to Electronic Commerce." Communications of the ACM. 41(12). December 1998, pp. 15-20. Reprinted in Computers and Society, Schellenberger, K. (Ed.): Dushkin/McGraw Hill: Guilford, 2000: 26-30. Reprinted in Intellectual Property in the Age of Universal Access. ACM: Critical Thinking Issue: New York 1(1). With Aalberts, R. J., & Townsend, A. M.

"What's Left of the CDA?" HRMagazine. 43(7). June 1998. 124-129. Reprinted in Perspectives: Technology and Society. Dianne Fallon, York County Technical College. With Townsend, A. M., & Aalberts, R. J.

"A Look at the Telecommunications Act Of 1996." Information Systems Management. 14(3). Summer 1997. pp. 82-86. Reprinted in End User Computing Management. 91-00-39(V-3). 1997. pp. 1-9.

Security Presentations and Proceedings

"Know the Enemy: An Information Security Perspective" Presentation and Proceedings - The 2002 Conference of the Southern Association of Information Systems, Savannah, GA. March 2002 (forthcoming).

"Threats to Information Security." A Presentation to the Southeast Atlanta GTC conference on eGovernment Security for Managers. December 4, 2001.

"A Cross-National Examination of Expected Correlation of Computer Ethical Perceptions and User Computer Attitudes." Presentation and Proceedings - The 1997 Association for Information Systems Conference, Indianapolis, IN, August 1997, pp. 95-97. With Townsend, A. M., Hendrickson, A. R., & Rensvold, R. B.

"IS Ethics in Entry Level Management Personnel: An Extended Replication," Presentation and Proceedings - The 1995 National Conference of the Decision Sciences Institute. Boston, MA, November 1995, pp 709-711. With Hendrickson, A. R.