A Framework for Spyware Assessment

摘要

One of the most challenging problems confronting the IT community is responding to the threat of spyware. Recent research, legislative actions, and policy changes have been hastened to counter spyware's threat to the privacy and productivity of both individuals and organizations. As with any new phenomenon, definitional guidance must be established among the community of stakeholders (such as societal and organizational policymakers and IS managers and researchers) before adequate policies and practices can be asserted. This article fills a definitional void by articulating a framework that can guide and organize future discourse on the spyware topic, and suggests how the framework might be applied to the legislative domain.