The information behavior of information security and cryptography professionals: how these professionals seek and use information

Information Professionals 2050: Educating the next generation of information professionals

Over the past decade in the United States an enormous amount of critical attention has been focused upon all aspects of higher education. Much of this attention has been spawned by utilitarian concerns about economic costs and subsequent career return on investment,2 and by innovations in technology that lead to globalization and alternative modes of teaching and learning. Scientific and techni...

The complexities and evolution of the concepts of information and information behavior

Background and Aim: This paper reviews the two major concepts in the field of information behavior (IB), namely "information" and "information seeking." Method: Adocumentary research method and review of the literature were used. Results: The word information is the smallest particle and the most essential element in the area of information behavior. The second one is the phrase "information be...

Information for Healthcare Professionals

Has the medication received US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval? If so, what are the indications and uses? Yes . On November 14, 2014, the FDA approved alemtuzumab for treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS). Because of its safety profile, alemtuzumab should generally be reserved for patients who have had an inadequate response to two or more drugs indicated for the ...

Information systems professionals and conflict of interest

Experimental Elicitation of Risk Behaviour amongst Information Security Professionals

Information security professionals have to assess risk in order to make investment decisions on security measures. To investigate whether professionals make such decisions unbiased and rationally, we conducted an economic online experiment and survey measuring risk attitude of security professionals and contrasting their behaviour with the general population. Participants were asked to state th...