Risk, Complexity and ICT

Risk, Complexity and ICT

Author: Ole Hanseth

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Published: 2007-01-01

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1847207006

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Explores the challenges regarding risks and risk management related to the growing complexity of ICT solutions. This book draws upon theories of risk society and reflexive modernization, and uses various case studies to demonstrate efforts aimed at controlling and managing the complexities of various ICT solutions.


The Circulation of Agency in E-Justice

The Circulation of Agency in E-Justice

Author: Francesco Contini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-11-19

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 9400775253

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This book contributes to an understanding of the dynamic complexities involved in the design of e-justice applications that enable online trans-border judicial proceedings in Europe. It provides answers to critical questions with practical relevance: How should online trans-border judicial proceedings be designed in order to deliver effective and timely justice to European citizens, businesses and public agencies? How can the circulation of judicial agency across Europe be facilitated? Based on extensive research, the book explores and assesses the complex entanglements between law and technology, and between national and European jurisdictions that emerge when developing even relatively simple e-services such as those supporting the European small claims procedure and European payment orders. In addition to providing a strong theoretical framework and an innovative approach to e-justice design, this book includes case studies that are based on a common methodology and theoretical framework. It presents original empirical material on the development of e-government systems in the area of European justice. Finally, it introduces the design strategies of Maximum Feasible Simplicity and Maximum Manageable Complexity and, based on them, it proposes architectural and procedural solutions to enhance the circulation of judicial agency.​


Critical Infrastructure Protection

Critical Infrastructure Protection

Author: Javier Lopez

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-03-30

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 3642289193

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The present volume aims to provide an overview of the current understanding of the so-called Critical Infrastructure (CI), and particularly the Critical Information Infrastructure (CII), which not only forms one of the constituent sectors of the overall CI, but also is unique in providing an element of interconnection between sectors as well as often also intra-sectoral control mechanisms. The 14 papers of this book present a collection of pieces of scientific work in the areas of critical infrastructure protection. In combining elementary concepts and models with policy-related issues on one hand and placing an emphasis on the timely area of control systems, the book aims to highlight some of the key issues facing the research community.


Supply Chain Risk Management

Supply Chain Risk Management

Author: Ken Sigler

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2017-11-07

Total Pages: 329

ISBN-13: 131527955X

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The book presents the concepts of ICT supply chain risk management from the perspective of NIST IR 800-161. It covers how to create a verifiable audit-based control structure to ensure comprehensive security for acquired products. It explains how to establish systematic control over the supply chain and how to build auditable trust into the products and services acquired by the organization. It details a capability maturity development process that will install an increasingly competent process and an attendant set of activities and tasks within the technology acquisition process. It defines a complete and correct set of processes, activities, tasks and monitoring and reporting systems.


Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory

Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory

Author: Tatnall, Arthur

Publisher: IGI Global

Published: 2014-06-30

Total Pages: 365

ISBN-13: 1466661275

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Actor-Network Theory (ANT) has existed as a topic of interest among social theorists for decades. Due to the prevalence of technology in modern society, discussions over the influence of actor-network theory on the changing scope of technology can assist in facilitating further research and scientific thought. Technological Advancements and the Impact of Actor-Network Theory focuses on cross-disciplinary research as well as examples of the use of actor-network theory in a variety of fields, including medicine, education, business, engineering, environmental science, computer science, and social science. This timely publication is well-suited for reference use by academicians, researchers, upper-level students, and theorists.


Information Technology and Sustainability

Information Technology and Sustainability

Author: Lorenz M. Hilty

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 182

ISBN-13: 3837019705

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Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) are contributing both to environmental problems and to their solution. Will ICT producers, users and recyclers be the major polluters of tomorrow, or will 'Green IT' and a dematerialized information society save the climate? This book provides an in-depth analysis of the relationship between ICT and sustainable development, culminating in 15 recommendations - to producers, users and political decision makers - which show the way to a sustainable information society. Keywords: Information Technology, Environment, Sustainable Development, Environmental Informatics, Green IT, Green Computing, Data Centers, Energy Efficiency, Resource Productivity, Dematerialization, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), E-waste, Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE), Recycling, Technological Complexity, Critical Information Infrastructure, Open Standards, Rebound Effect.


Emerging Information Security and Applications

Emerging Information Security and Applications

Author: Jun Shao

Publisher: Springer Nature

Published: 2024-01-03

Total Pages: 195

ISBN-13: 9819996147

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This volume constitutes the proceedings presented at the 4th International Conference on Emerging Information Security and Applications, EISA 2023, held in Hangzhou, China, in December 2023. The 11 full papers presented in this volume were thoroughly reviewed and selected from the 35 submissions. The topics of the book are related but not limited to cyber intelligence techniques, multimedia security, blockchain and distributed ledger technology, malware and unwanted software, vulnerability analysis and reverse engineering, usable security and privacy, intrusion detection and prevention, authentication and access control, anonymity and privacy, cryptographic protection, digital forensics, cyber physical systems security, adversarial learning, security measurement, security management and policies, hardware and physical security.


Logistics, Transport and the COVID-19 Crisis

Logistics, Transport and the COVID-19 Crisis

Author: Jacek Woźniak

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2022-12-06

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 1000583066

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Under and post COVID-19 conditions, companies are adapting to smart ways of operating and managing logistics processes to counteract the negative implications of the pandemic. This book offers an analysis and guidance on how to manage these processes, including transport, inventory, operations and waste management, to meet the complex need of enterprises. This edited collection presents selected and key aspects of the implementation of logistics processes in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, enriched with empirical analyses and international examples. The book is a contribution to the considerations on the role and importance of logistics processes in the management of organisations in the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as reducing its negative socio-economic and technological effects. With contributions from global scholars, the book demonstrates the direction in which logistics processes should change so that they can take the form of "smart". Logistics, Transport and the COVID-19 Crisis will be directly relevant for researchers and academics across logistics, supply chain management, and transport management as well as risk management and related fields.


Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technology

Strategic Management of Information and Communication Technology

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2007-09-24

Total Pages: 142

ISBN-13: 0309111285

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Although Y2K did not result in major disruptions, the event is a rich source of critical lessons for strategic management of information and communication technology (ICT), many of which apply to large organizations today. Using a case study approach, this report describes lessons learned from the response of the Air Force to Y2K and makes recommendations for managing ICT complexity, aligning organizational and ICT strategies, and minimizing risk.


A Pac-Man Perspective on Organisational Change

A Pac-Man Perspective on Organisational Change

Author: Petter Ogland

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2017-12

Total Pages: 366

ISBN-13: 1387398210

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Living theory is a way of making use of personal accounts of experienced practice. As the Pac-Man perspective on organisational change helps the change agent articulate the personal values he is committed to and how these values may be resisted in practice, living theory is useful for developing knowledge that has a practical impact on self-improvement and social change, but it is also a type of theory that is difficult to publish in academic outlets. As a consequence of this, publishing Pac-Man living-theory research becomes a Pac-Man game in itself, with the journal editors as one of the four adversary gatekeepers, but it is a rewarding game for those who want to contribute both theoretically and practically on how to make the world a better place.