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Showing 1 to 20 of 33 for “"security research"”.
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Novel Materials for Use in Homeland Security Research
… from them have been of interest in polymer research due to their atypical environmental stability (as compared to other non-aromatic organic semiconductors) as well as their conductivity. The off-metal synthesis and characterization of several pyridazyl thallium, manganese, and rhenium …
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Security Research for the Public Good: A Principled Approach
… and invasive privacy practices. Undirected security research may be insufficient for preventing such foreseeable and preventable failures, as these problems are often the result of misaligned vendor incentives rather than the technical specifics of the systems themselves. This dissertation …
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Blacklist filtering for security research: bridging the gap between domain blacklists and malicious web content
… Although blacklists are not designed for security research, they are commonly used in security research projects as a scan target list for retrieving malicious web contents. However, domain blacklist scans are noisy, as a large portion of websites scanned do not perform malicious …
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Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding the Determinants of Individual Security Behavior
… but if individuals do not make appropriate security protection decisions they introduce holes that technological solutions cannot protect. This study investigates what personal characteristics influence differences in individual security behaviors, defined as behaviors to protect against …
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Open-IRIS: Low Cost, Fully Open Source In-situ Infrared Inspection of Silicon
… to lower the cost barrier for academic and research users requiring high-precision IR imaging of silicon microelectronics. This thesis details the design and implementation of the Open-IRIS platform, including its optomechanical components, motion control system, electrical system and …
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Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Methods for Cybersecurity Data within the Aviation Ecosystem
<p>Aviation cybersecurity research has proven to be a complex topic due to the intricate nature of the aviation ecosystem. Over the last two decades, research has been centered on isolated modules of the entire aviation systems, and it has lacked the state-of-the-art tools (e.g. ML/AI methods) that …
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Strengthening embedded system security with PUF enhanced cryptographic engines
Mobile security is a vast research world with an ever-changing landscape. Researchers develop security solution one day just to see them overcome a week later. Protocols and specifications are generated that attempt to create order out of the chaos and provide a clear roadmap to the future of …
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Performance of Malware Classification on Machine Learning using Feature Selection
… an important role and a big challenge for cyber security research. Due to the increasing rate of false alarm, the accurate classification and detection of malware is a big necessity issue to be solved. In this research, eight malware family have been classifying according to their family the …
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Robust Regression Methods For Massively Decayed Intelligence Data
<p>Homeland Security, sponsored by governmental initiatives, has become a vibrant academic research field. However, most efforts were placed with the recognition of threats (e.g. theory) and response options. Less effort was placed in the analysis of the collected data through statistical modeling. …
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Systems and models for secure fallback authentication
Fallback authentication (FA) techniques such as security questions, Email resets, and SMS resets have significant security flaws that easily undermine the primary method of authentication. Security questions have been shown to be often guessable. Email resets assume a secure channel of …
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Guessing human-chosen secrets
… remains a notable weak point in computer security despite decades of effort. Although the security research community has explored dozens of proposals for replacing or strengthening passwords, they appear likely to remain entrenched as the standard mechanism of human-computer …
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Factors affecting efficiency of smallholder cotton producers in Zambia
… of smallholder farmers through increased food security and household income. However, Zambia and other Sub-Saharan Africa countries are faced with low agricultural productivity and that undermines the potential the sector has of reducing poverty. Focusing on smallholder cotton producers of …
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Effective Cognitive Modes for Compliance with Information Security Policies over Time
Compliance with information security policies (ISPC) has long been conceptualized as rational and intention-driven behavior. However, recent scholarship suggests that individuals' reasoning strategies in security contexts are far more dynamic and context-dependent. This dissertation seeks to …
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Virtualisation-Based Security Countermeasures in Software Runtime Systems
… system. Another trend that, according to the security research community, might be a cause for concern in the near future, is the tendency to shift current computer use to remote Internet services. This is making the web browser one of the most considerable actors of today’s computer usage. As …
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Information bias and trust in bitcoin speculation
… speculation, this thesis asks the central research question of: are people able to select and correctly evaluate information they might rely upon to make decisions? In addressing this research question, this thesis offers - through the application of a psychological model of informational …
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Security in Practice: Examining the Collaborative Management of Sensitive Information in Childcare Centers and Physicians' Offices
Traditionally, security has been conceptualized as rules, locks, and passwords. More recently, security research has explored how people interact in secure (or insecure) ways in part of a larger socio-technical system. Socio-technical systems are comprised of people, technology, relationships, and …
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Hyper-connectivity : intricacies of national and international cyber securities
… core themes: the role of education in cyber security, the role of technology in cyber security, and the role of policy in cyber security, the areas in which the papers are published. The associated works are published in referred journals, peer reviewed book chapters, and conference …
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Regulation of manned commercial security services - A transnational comparative study of Belgium, Estonia, New York, Queensland, South Africa and Sweden
It is commonly recognised that commercial security, in its different forms, has become an important element in societies as a provider of private and public security. The reasons for this development are manifold but can be seen to well from the changes in individual societies and their governance …
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The Informed Human Firewall: The Impact of Knowledge Dimensions on Employees' Secure Behavior
… of knowledge mechanisms such as information security education, training, and awareness (SETA) programs and information security policies to influence employees’ secure behavior. However, skills gained through these knowledge mechanisms have not always translated to secure behavior. …
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A Behavioural Compliance Framework for Effective Cybersecurity Governance and Practice
Although behavioural security constructs have received extensive scholarly attention, the unpredictability of human behaviour has continued to add to the complexity of deploying effective countermeasures. Cross-cultural behavioural approach aimed at improving security compliance and practice have …
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