This paper discusses the background and results of a research project which was conducted by ENISA (European Network and Information Security Agency) in cooperation with the BOC Information Technologies Consulting GmbH. The project was initiated with respect to the main task of ENISA: ensuring a high and effective level of network and information security within organisations in the European Un...

During the five years of existence of this minitrack, we have published fourteen papers that focus on the intersection of knowledge management and organizational or individual security. Ilvonen, Jusilla, Kärkkäinen, and Paivarint (2015), Ilvonen, Alnne, Helander, and Vayrunen (2016), and Sarigianni, Thallmann, and Manhart (2016) focus on how to protect shared knowledge either within the organiz...

This paper examines recent trends in the area of information security. It presents attacks and vulnerabilities of IT systems and networks, addresses the IT security market, and discusses the IT security hype cycle. Concerning technology trends, the paper focuses on two specific fields: cryptography, which is the basis for a large variety of security services, and user authentication, including ...

As we entered the 21st century, the rapid growth of information technology (IT) has changed our lives more conveniently than we have ever speculated. Recently in all fields of the industry, heterogeneous technologies have converged with IT resulting in a new paradigm, information convergence. In the process of information convergence, the latest issues in the structure of data, system, network,...

The protection and security of critical infrastructures are important parts of Homeland Defense. Adequate means for analyzing the security risks of such infrastructures is a prerequisite for properly understanding the security needs and for maintaining appropriate incident preparedness. Risk management is coordinated activities to direct and control an organization with regard to risk, and incl...