... real life scenarios categorized as trustworthy and untrustworthy e-commerce web sites. Originality/value – This research is relevant to information management and computer security in e-commerce as a development of a newly proposed e-commerce assurance model for trustworthiness safety inspections...

...Abhishek Vaish; Aditya Prabhakar; Himanshu Mishra; Nupur Dayal; Shishir Kumar Singh; Utkarsh Goel; Natalie Coull Purpose The aim of this research is to demonstrate the importance of placing a valuation on information assets and to propose a new valuation technique that complements existing...

...Steven Furnell; Nathan Clarke; Marcus Nohlberg; Johannes Bäckström Purpose This paper aims to use user‐centred security development of a prototype graphical interface for a management information system dealing with information security with upper‐level management as the intended users. Design...

... incidents affect reporting effectiveness. Social pressures that can affect low‐ and high‐priority incident‐reporting rates are also examined. Design/methodology/approach The authors reviewed the incident‐reporting system literature. As there are few studies of information security reporting systems...

...Steven Furnell; Nathan Clarke; Malcolm R. Pattinson; Grantley Anderson Purpose The aim of this paper is, first, to discuss how the risk perceptions of computer end‐users may be influenced by improving the process of risk communication by embedding symbols and graphics within information security...

... is particularly useful for the definition of collaborative business processes spanning several enterprise domains. K.P. Fischer can be contacted at: fischer@digamma.de © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2007 Internet Business environment Data security Information For the sake...

...David Luthy; Karen Forcht Purpose This paper aims to consider a number of key laws and regulations that have implications for information management and internal control systems. Design/methodology/approach The paper is a discussion of the key laws and regulations. It also considers a number...

...Dan Eigeles Purpose Aims to present intelligent authentication, authorization, and administration (I3A), a new concept that enables trust and information security between involved sides by agreement, rather than by over‐exercised enforcement. In order to understand the needs and motivators...

...Tim France; Dave Yen; Jyun‐Cheng Wang; Chia‐Ming Chang In recent years, the World Wide Web (WWW) has become incredibly popular in homes and offices alike. Consumers need to search for relevant information to help solve purchasing problems on various Web sites. Although there is no question...

...Mikko Siponen Traditionally, information security management standards listing generic means of protection have received a lot of attention in the field of information security management. In the background a few information security management‐oriented maturity criteria have been laid down...

...Austin Jay Harris; David C. Yen In this paper biometric technology will be defined and then discussed as to how it will help the business world protect its information. Background will be given to show how identification and authentication have developed throughout the years and why another form...

...D. Stamoulis; D. Gouscos; P. Georgiadis; D. Martakos Governments are employing modern information and communication technologies to serve society better. Raising the effectiveness and quality of government services is not only a matter of new technologies; it also involves clear vision...

...Mariana Gerber; Rossouw von Solms; Paul Overbeek Risk analysis, concentrating on assets, threats and vulnerabilities, used to play a major role in helping to identify the most effective set of security controls to protect information technology resources. To successfully protect information...

... UP Limited 2000 Clearly, the probability of an information leak goes up, when the difference between the actually assigned clearance and the optimum clearance is increasing. At the same time assigning extra security clearance involves extra cost. Let us analyse the cost of assigning...

...Marilyn M. Helms; Lawrence P. Ettkin; Daniel J. Morris With the growth of information technologies and with more firms partnering, a major concern for organizations today is the protection of competitive information from thieving. Firms must develop an understanding of the multidimensional flavor...

... by their employees. © MCB UP Limited 1996 Information Security Surveys Information technology has become an essential part of the way we do business today. However, as organizations continue to increase their use of IT, the security risks and concerns associated with that technology...

...Charles Cresson Wood Proposes that one of the fundamental design principles of information security is that information should be consistently protected, and that this principle should apply in all instances. Investigates how policies for sending secret information might be implemented, e.g...

... software through Mr Jones′ Internet address. Accounts receivable, accounts payable, stock, payroll, and customer records have all been trashed by this intruder and his information security measures are unable to recover the information. Mr Jones had adequate physical security protection. An alarm...

...Charles Cresson Wood Introduces a series of contributions on computer security. Begins by pointing out that information is an organizational asset which needs to be protected. Policies are the primary building blocks for every information security effort. In order to be successful with information...

...Kenneth P. Weiss There is a hierarchically related set of fundamental security technologies that have been used (sometimes without need for the hierarchy) in the late 1970s and 80s to protect information. The critical assumptions which provided the rationale for protection of information in those...