Análisis de los riesgos y vulnerabilidades del entorno virtual de aprendizaje de la UACE.

Abstract

In the Universidad Técnica de Machala UTMACH), as in other institutions of higher education, computer systems are used in order to automate the learning of students or to reduce the execution time of other processes. At the present time worldwide, a great technological advance is observed, which in some aspects favors social development, but they contract dangers to which the virtual environment is exposed. For these reasons, this document provides a contextual explanation of the risks and vulnerabilities in the virtual learning environment (EVA), describing which criteria should be considered in computer security. With the installation of antivirus or user training, making regular revisions to the equipment, the threat to which they are prone is not reduced, it being more efficient to hire a company that has experience in attacks and system security, to guarantee the integrity of data or avoid information theft. Through bibliographic research and deductive analysis, the most efficient physical / logical controls are proposed to respond to the latent threats / vulnerabilities in the EVA, as well as a comparative table with the measures that could be taken to avoid potential attacks on computer systems.