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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"IS security"”.
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Developing a Multi-Objective Decision Model for Maximizing IS Security within an Organization
Numerous IS researchers have argued that IS Security can be more effectively managed if the emphasis goes beyond the technical means of protecting information resources. In an effort to adopt a broader perspective that accounts for issues that transcend technical means alone, Dhillon and Torkzadeh …
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Who is security and privacy research for? Analysis on meta-data from relevant publications
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'U of I Access', the embargo will last until 2024-05-01
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Power Relationships in Information Systems Security Policy Formulation and Implementation
This thesis argues that organizational power impacts the development and implementation of Information Systems (IS) Security policy. The motivation for this research stems from the continuing concern of ineffective security in organizations, leading to significant monetary losses. IS researchers …
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A functional-interpretive approach to information systems security e competencies development in the higher education institution: a comparativ e case of four South African higher education institutions
The research reported in this thesis examines the approaches of four (4) HEIs in the Western Cape Province in South Africa to institutional development of IS security ecompetencies across their full staff compliments. It used a mixed research methodology and multiple case study research design in …
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Using network management systems to detect Distributed Denial of Service Attacks
Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) Attacks have been increasingly found to be affecting the normal functioning of organizations causing billions of dollars of losses. Organizations are trying their best to minimize their losses from these systems. However, most of the organizations widely use the …
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The prevention of internal identity theft-related crimes: a case study research of the UK online retail companies.
Ranked the third biggest cyber security threats of 2013 by Forbes, Internal Identity Theft-Related Crimes (IIDTRC) leave countless victims in their wake, including online retail companies and consumers. With the rapid growth in the use of credit and debit cards in e-commerce, the online retail has …
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SYSTEMATIC DISCOVERY OF ANDROID CUSTOMIZATION HAZARDS
… customization process could result in serious security problems. This dissertation performs a systematic investigation of Android customization’ inconsistencies with regards to security aspects at various Android layers.</p> <p>It brings to light new vulnerabilities, never investigated before, …
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Does attachment style affect development of a growth mindset in primary school children?
… deprivation in Dundee. Mindset (growth or fixed) is known to affect educational outcomes, as is security attachment style, often associated with home environment. The current studies examined the effect of growth mindset interventions on children beginning school to discover if children with …
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Maliciously Secure Computation, Theory and Practice
… and these benefits only grow the more data is amassed. This has resulted in the size of datasets and the compute needed to manage them becoming too resource-intensive for even large companies to handle alone, fueling the rise of cloud computing and outsourced data management. A central …
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Claims-aware middleware for securing IoT services
… around us getting smart, Internet of Things is gaining ground in our life. Applications like smart home and eHealth are so user friendly that any person with zero programming background is able to use it. But for the developer, due to the ubiquitous nature and distributed architecture of IoT …
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Misalignment - the core challenge in integrating security and privacy requirements into mobile banking application development
This study identifies and explores the core challenge faced when integrating security and privacy requirements into the mobile banking software development life cycle. Studies on key issues in Information Systems (IS) have been on-going for several decades, with security and privacy moving up the …
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Modelling Security Requirements Through Extending Scrum Agile Development Framework
Security is today considered as a basic foundation in software development and therefore, the modelling and implementation of security requirements is an essential part of the production of secure software systems. Information technology organisations are moving towards agile development methods in …
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Secure Digital Libraries
… consider in a digital library; a crucial aspect is security. Security often is a requirement in digital libraries that should be considered during the design process and not as an add-on feature. 5S provides a DL modeling framework, to define all the aspects of a digital library. It covers the …
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Mobile agent security through multi-agent cryptographic protocols.
An increasingly promising and widespread topic of research in distributed computing is the mobile agent paradigm: code travelling and performing computations on remote hosts in an autonomous manner. One of the biggest challenges faced by this new paradigm is security. The issue of protecting …
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Towards Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace: Social Media Analytics on Hacker Communities
Social media analytics is a critical research area spawned by the increasing availability of rich and abundant online user-generated content. So far, social media analytics has had a profound impact on organizational decision making in many aspects, including product and service design, market …
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Modelling and Quantitative Analysis of Performance vs Security Trade-offs in Computer Networks: An investigation into the modelling and discrete-event simulation analysis of performance vs security trade-offs in computer networks, based on combined metrics and stochastic activity networks (SANs)
… an integral part of everyday life. However, this all is coming at the cost of substantially increased security risks. Hence cybercrime is now a pervasive threat for today’s internet-dependent societies. Given the frequency and variety of attacks as well as the threat of new, more sophisticated …
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Developing an Advanced IPv6 Evasion Attack Detection Framework
Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is the most recent generation of Internet protocol. The transition from the current Internet Version 4 (IPv4) to IPv6 raised new issues and the most crucial issue is security vulnerabilities. Most vulnerabilities are common between IPv4 and IPv6, e.g. Evasion …
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Intention to adopt blockchain technology for collaborative business processes by academic libraries in South Africa
Globalisation has compelled academic institutions to leverage digital innovations that present new capabilities and novel opportunities because of the stiff competition and movement restrictions during pandemic such as COVID-19, in their operating environments. In this digital era, academic …
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Posouzení informačního systému firmy a návrh změn
Diplomová práce se zabývá posouzením informačního systému autoškoly a návrhem jeho změn.
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The spatial dimensions of economic activity in South Africa: the role of regional policy, crime and the business environment
The spatial distribution of economic activity is unevenly distributed across regions within countries. Regional development policies and the incidence of crime rates, an important aspect of the quality of the local business environment, may both impact spatial disparities in economic activity. This …