Various spatial metaphors related to cyberspace suffer from two major deŽ ciencies. First, they do not take into account that cyberspace is not a preexistent territory, but an entity that emerges in the process of its development. Second, cyberspace is not a metric space, so that most of the ready-made constructs, like the topologic spaces, cannot be of much use. An interpretation of Blake’s wo...

Cyberspace operations are dependent upon highly sophisticated technology. Unfortunately, it is challenging to find or develop solutions that successfully support critical processes and decisions. Innovation, and the resources associated with innovation, appear to focus primarily on the technology with little emphasis on the human factors associated with employment, training, and sustainment of ...

With the moving development of networks, especially Internet of Things, electronic identity administration in cyberspace is becoming more and more important. And personal identity management in cyberspace associated with individuals in reality has been one significant and urgent task for the further development of information construction in China. So this paper presents a RFID-based electronic...

The literature has shown a direct relationship between the psychological sense of belonging with well-being and academic involvement in physical communities. However, new technologies have favored formation communities cyberspace, scarce research at university level addressing their impact. For this reason, an ex post facto study been designed aim knowing to virtual well-being, involvement, sat...

The existing border-less cyberspace is mainly the result of the open network architecture of IPv4. This structure does not obey principles of territorial jurisdiction of states. The Yahoo! case demonstrates needs of states and existing limits of IPv4. IPv6 offers extensive geographic tracking allowing a nationalisation of cyberspace. In the future, content filtering may be replaced by blocking ...

The Department of Defense Strategy for Operating in Cyberspace (DSCOC) calls out the need for active cyber defense (ACD). The function of ACD is to provide sensing, sense-making, decision-making, and acting in cyber-relevant time in order to provide cyberspace defense before an adversary is able to bring about their desired effect. As automation increases and we move ever closer to automated cy...

the advent of cybertechnologies has led to radical paradigm shifts in our social, economic, cultural, and psychological conceptualizations. the paper investigates the advent of cyborgs, indeed our transformation into cyborgs, and the impact of this transformation upon identities and face management, which has an important social value since the late modernism. cyborg is a designation for the in...

F rancis Bacon is reported to have said that the three things that made his world different from that of the ancient Greeks and Romans were the printing press, the compass and gunpowder. It is instructive to note he didn’t mention the water pump, the rigid horse collar, or lateen sails—all of which were critical to the advancement of agriculture and commerce. One suspects Bacon was not interest...

The crucial role of cyberspace attracted the special attention of the governments in different countries, which consider it both as a challenge and an opportunity. One of the key policies and preventive measures adopted concerning the challenges posed by the cyberspace is it regulation. In fact, there are only a few states have not taken any steps in regulating their cyberspace. This paper seek...