The snowballing economic growth has reached the level where energy industry a crucial impact on future pace of development. National security influences adequate performance all spheres and stable government processes. Systematization relevant scientific treatises showed that comprehensive national assessment involves institutional, ecological, behavioral determinants as pillars security. Besid...

It is striking to observe the progressive explosion of RSA key lengths. Although this trend clearly corresponds to a (legitimate) ever-increasing need for a guaranteed security level, this paper considers alternative, more efficient, secure implementations of RSA with respect to industrial constraints.

Reports and press releases highlight that security incidents continue to plague organizations. While researchers and practitioners’ alike endeavor to identify and implement realistic security solutions to prevent incidents from occurring, the ability to initially identify a security incident is paramount when researching a security incident lifecycle. Hence, this research investigates the abili...

the more frequently occurring security incidents, suggesting that more security is required for detecting and preventing unauthorised financial transactions entered by authorised users. To address the problem, and based on the observation that all authorised interbanking financial transactions trigger or are triggered by other transactions in a workflow, we have developed a security solution ba...

Before the recent recession evoked general dismay and uncertainty, this study examined the relative contribution of income and the concern over financial security to life satisfaction. The degree to which such concerns permeate people’s daily lives could be part of the broader concept of wealth, often measured through income and debt, and could help evaluate fiscal instruments promoting financi...

This study was designed to examine the impacts of employees’ cost–benefit analysis, deterrence considerations, and top management support and beliefs on information systems security policy (ISSP) compliance. Surveys of Canadian professionals’ perceptions were carried out. A research model was proposed and tested. The results confirmed that top management support and beliefs, sanction severity, ...

As the popularity of online shopping grows, concerns about identity theft and fraud are increasing. While stronger customer authentication procedures may provide greater protection and thus benefit customers and retailers, security is often traded off against convenience. To provide insight into this security-convenience trade-off in customer authentication, we experimentally investigated how l...