Information Security Management in e-Learning

The security risks introduced by the e-learning represent an important issue which was not seriously taken into account in the actual educational context, where increasingly more people are taking online courses. Also, universities and other organizations are resorting to e- learning to provide instruction on-line. The e-learning platforms are today production systems that need to be secured. In this paper we will discuss the security elements required to be implemented within e-learning environments. Also we paper presents the most popular e-learning standards to determine their provisions and limitations for privacy and security.