As part of the capacity-building activities of the United Nations University – ITC School on Disaster GeoInformation Management (UNU-ITC DGIM) the International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) has developed a training package on the application of GIS for multi-hazard risk assessment. The package, called RiskCity comprises a complete suite of exercise descripti...

With the aim of improving human-centric risk communication, this research in progress paper argues for a social-cognitive perspective focusing on the interaction between laypeople and the information environment. A model is designed to predict laypeople’s environmental risk perception and information seeking behavior. Using data from a national online survey (N=1,032), our research is an effort...

Objective: The relative stroke risk is increased in patients with diabetes. Awareness and knowledge of the risk factors and symptoms of stroke are essential for prevention and immediate effective treatment of stroke. The aim of the study was to determine baseline knowledge about the warning symptoms and risk factors of stroke in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). Materials and Methods: This...

The knowledge-based theory of the firm has emphasized the role of organizational capabilities and networks. Based on this idea, some managers in Amadeus, a global services company, have put in place mechanisms to create and transfer knowledge efficiently among professional networks. Due to a lack of support from top management, their strategy built on information systems and technological solut...

Many organisations face problems in managing records. Increasingly, technology is causing responsibility for records/information management decisions to pass to the end user. At the same time organisations face a plethora of legislation and regulation relating to organisational records. This paper proposes that the management of organisational records, irrespective of format needs to be conside...

Application of information technology in accounting has improved the efficiency and quality of the work, optimized business decision and risk management. However, the research on application of accounting information system, as well as the application level is far behind the development of the information system itself. The paper analyzes the impact of information technology on accounting theor...

This paper considers the role of management information systems (MISs) in supporting practices that can lead to enhanced achievement. In England, MISs have not been provided centrally by government or government departments, but have been purchased by schools. MISs have offered resources focused largely for use by managers rather than teachers. That formative assessment can be used by teachers ...

This article proposes a quantitative risk assessment for security systems which have multiple protected assets and a risk-based benefit-cost analysis for decision makers. The proposed methodology consists of five phases: identification of assets, security unit and intrusion path, security unit effectiveness estimation, intrusion path effectiveness estimation, security system risk assessment and...

This paper presents selective results of a survey conducted to find out the much needed insight into the status of information security in Saudi Arabian organizations. The purpose of this research is to give the state of information assurance in the Kingdom and to better understand the prevalent ground realities. The survey covered technical aspects of information security, risk management and ...