Study of Trend Study of Computer Network Security in King Mongkut\’s University of Technology North Bangkok for the Planning Using Delphi Technique

Abstract

The purpose of this study is 1) to analyze the current status and the requirement of computer network security in King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok for the planning by using the Delphi Technique. 2) This study investigates the trend of the needs in five categories, those are policy, hardware, software, personnel, and procedure. The population of the study includes 10 executives and 30 experts in computer network system of in King Mongkut’s University of Technology North Bangkok. The questionnaires are distributed to collect data in three rounds. Median, mode, and interquartile range are employed to evaluate the results. The experimental results illustrate that high efficiency, standard compilation, and cost effectiveness of hardware and software are highly needed. The policy is necessarily defined and enforced with punishment. The competent personnel are required, and regularly trained to update the skill. Lastly, the procedure is also necessarily prepared in an accessible form of handbook.