Scenarios of Potential Unconventional Security Threats as Public Policy Concern for Nepal

A biological security motivation system for potential threats: are there implications for policy-making?

Research indicates that there is a specially adapted, hard-wired brain circuit, the security motivation system, which evolved to manage potential threats, such as the possibility of contamination or predation. The existence of this system may have important implications for policy-making related to security. The system is sensitive to partial, uncertain cues of potential danger, detection of wh...

Reputation as Public Policy for Internet Security: A Field Study

Cybersecurity is a national priority in this big data era. Because of the lack of incentives and the existence of negative externality, companies often underinvest in addressing security risks and accidents, despite government and industry recommendations. In the present article, we propose a method that utilizes reputation through information disclosure to motivate companies to behave pro-soci...

Users as the Biggest Threats to Security of Health Information Systems

There are a lot of researches in the world about attacks on information systems (IS). Although there have been many attempts to classify threats of IS’s especially in Health Information Systems (HIS), it is still necessary for all health organization to identify new threats and their sources which threaten security of health care domain. The main aim of this paper is to present a research agend...

Hypercortisolism as a potential concern for submariners.

Cortisol is a stress-response hormone that is important for survivability in fight or flight situations. Hypercortisolism is a state of chronically elevated cortisol levels due to a failure to return to, or maintain baseline levels. It is a condition that is often undiagnosed and can aid in the development of many physiological and psychological health problems. Some of the health ailments asso...

The Economic Potential of Methane Recovery: Projected Impacts of Various Public-Policy Scenarios