The key threat to information security is constituted by careless employees who do not comply with information security policies. To ensure that employees comply with organizations’ information security procedures, a number of information security policy compliance measures have been proposed in the past. Prior research has criticized these measures as lacking theoretically and empirically grou...

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abstract This article briefly reviews two important goals in online education: interaction and presence. These are important goals in online education because they are linked to learning and motivation to learn. The article provides guidelines and an extended example of how to design an online course in information security in a manner that will enhance interaction and presence. This article's ...

We describe a method for finding security flaws in source code by way of static analysis. The method is notable because it allows a user to specify a wide range of security properties while also leveraging a set of predefined common flaws. It works by using an automated theorem prover to analyze verification conditions generated from C source code and a set of specifications that define securit...

The authors advocate a modernization of the neurologic exam with regard to the evaluation of static equilibrium through the application of some easily performed and interpreted bedside maneuvers like the Clinical Test of Sensory Integration and Balance modified and the Functional Reach Test. The authors also believe that these and other assessments, such as that of the risk of falling for elder...

Purpose – In methods and manuals, the product of an information security incident’s probability and severity is seen as a risk to manage. The purpose of the test described in this paper is to investigate if information security risk is perceived in this way, if decision-making style influences the perceived relationship between the three variables and if the level of information security expert...