scholarly journals Raising Awareness about Cloud Security in Industry through a Board Game

Information ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (11) ◽  
pp. 482
Author(s):  
Tiange Zhao ◽  
Tiago Gasiba ◽  
Ulrike Lechner ◽  
Maria Pinto-Albuquerque
Keyword(s):  
Design Science ◽  
Cloud Security ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Industrial Setting ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Security Standards ◽  
Security Incidents ◽  
Financial Losses ◽  
Insight Into

Today, many products and solutions are provided on the cloud; however, the amount and financial losses due to cloud security incidents illustrate the critical need to do more to protect cloud assets adequately. A gap lies in transferring what cloud and security standards recommend and require to industry practitioners working in the front line. It is of paramount importance to raise awareness about cloud security of these industrial practitioners. Under the guidance of design science paradigm, we introduce a serious game to help participants understand the inherent risks, understand the different roles, and encourage proactive defensive thinking in defending cloud assets. In our game, we designed and implemented an automated evaluator as a novel element. We invite the players to build defense plans and attack plans for which the evaluator calculates success likelihoods. The primary target group is industry practitioners, whereas people with limited background knowledge about cloud security can also participate in and benefit from the game. We design the game and organize several trial runs in an industrial setting. Observations of the trial runs and collected feedback indicate that the game ideas and logic are useful and provide help in raising awareness of cloud security in industry. Our preliminary results share insight into the design of the serious game and are discussed in this paper.

scholarly journals An overview of psychological and social factors in Charles Bonnet syndrome

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 251584142110347
Author(s):  
Lee Jones ◽  
Lara Ditzel-Finn ◽  
Jamie Enoch ◽  
Mariya Moosajee
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Response ◽  
Causal Mechanism ◽  
Visual Hallucinations ◽  
Cognitively Normal ◽  
Charles Bonnet Syndrome ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Normal Individuals ◽  
The Social ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Insight Into

Charles Bonnet syndrome (CBS) is a condition where cognitively normal individuals with sight impairment experience simple and/or complex visual hallucinations. The exact pathogenesis of CBS is unknown; however, deafferentation is often recognised as a causal mechanism. Studies have provided insight into the multifaceted impact of CBS on wellbeing. Onset of CBS may cause distress among those believing visual hallucinations are indicative of a neurological condition. Hallucinatory content is often congruent with the emotional response. For example, hallucinations of a macabre nature typically result in a fearful response. Visual hallucinations may be highly disruptive, causing everyday tasks to become challenging. Clinical management relies on forewarning and pre-emptive questioning. Yet, knowledge and awareness of CBS is typically low. In this review, we provide a summary of the social and psychological implications of CBS and explore recent developments aimed at raising awareness and improving patient management.

scholarly journals Towards the development of a DSS supporting the integration of crowdsourcing in theory testing: Analytical framework design

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
I Enwereuzo ◽  
Pedro Antunes ◽  
David Johnstone
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Analytical Framework ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Theory Testing ◽  
Analytic Framework ◽  
Framework Design ◽  
Internet Users ◽  
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© 2019 Association for Information Systems. All rights reserved. Crowdsourcing can be an adopted strategy for researchers where tasks are distributed to internet users to harness different forms of data, which adds to the reliability and validity of the research process. As theory testing is an essential part of the research process, involving activities that most times needs input from different and diverse participants, the need to consider adopting the crowdsourcing strategy for theory testing is paramount. Adopting a design science paradigm to manage this challenge, we design an analytic framework which comprises of important attributes that need to be considered if crowdsourcing is to be used for any of the theory testing activities. The framework which was justified using sample cases gives us an insight into what attributes make such activity crowdsource-able. The value of this artefact lies in its capacity to help researchers utilize crowdsourcing to their advantage.

Cloud Computing and Cybersecurity Issues Facing Local Enterprises

2019 ◽  
pp. 1777-1799
Author(s):  
Emre Erturk
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Cloud Security ◽  
Security Issues ◽  
Contemporary Research ◽  
Security Practices ◽  
It Resources ◽  
Security Incidents

This chapter sets out to explore new trends in cyber and cloud security, and their implications for businesses. First, the terminology and assumptions related to cloud computing are stated. Next, the chapter reports on contemporary research around the awareness of security issues, and the security processes within the cloud computing realm. Cyber security poses a different challenge to local small and medium sized organizations, which may seem to have less at stake financially. However, they are more vulnerable, due to fewer resources dedicated toward prevention. A series of serious security incidents may even keep them out of business. Furthermore, security needs to be understood and handled differently in a cloud based environment. Therefore, the chapter identifies unique security practices and recommendations for these businesses to run their IT resources safely in the cloud.

scholarly journals Urban Gardening in Germany: Cultivating a Sustainable Lifestyle for the Societal Transition to a Bioeconomy

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 801 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bastian Winkler ◽  
Anika Maier ◽  
Iris Lewandowski
Keyword(s):  
Consumer Behavior ◽  
Online Survey ◽  
Environmental Conservation ◽  
Cultivation System ◽  
Sustainable Lifestyle ◽  
Urban Gardening ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Multiple Levels ◽  
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Urban gardening has the potential to turn the growing number of consumers into conscious producers by raising awareness of natural resource cycles, contributing to environmental conservation and climate change mitigation. This study investigated the motivations for urban gardening in Germany, based on an extensive review of 657 urban gardening project websites. The subsequent online survey of 380 project participants provides a characterization of the gardeners, giving insight into both cultivation methods and technologies used and the participants’ consumer behavior. It was shown that urban gardening has an influence on consumer behavior and can induce a change towards a more sustainable lifestyle. The gardens provide a space for the exchange of social values, knowledge and ideas on different ways of life among the diverse participants. Hence, urban gardening creates far more than just food; it influences society on multiple levels. Urban gardening can support the bottom-up societal transition towards a bioeconomy as both have common attributes. Finally, the paper proposes an innovative, resource-efficient cultivation system that may attract further societal groups to the urban gardening lifestyle, with the aim of fostering the development of the bioeconomy.

scholarly journals “Changing the Game—Neighbourhood”: An Energy Transition Board Game, Developed in a Co-Design Process: A Case Study

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (24) ◽  
pp. 10509
Author(s):  
Mathias Lanezki ◽  
Catharina Siemer ◽  
Steffen Wehkamp
Keyword(s):  
Citizen Participation ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Energy Transition ◽  
Serious Game ◽  
Difficulty Level ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Learning Content ◽  
Complex Relationships ◽  
Neighborhood Level

Communicating knowledge about energy transition is a challenge of sustainable development. Serious games are a possible approach to explain complex relationships and present them to citizens. This paper discusses the development process of the serious board game “Changing the Game—Neighbourhood”. Therefore, this paper describes our approach of developing a serious game with co-designers in four phases and illustrates the process using an example. Doing so, the paper focus on two central challenges: (1) How can a serious game be developed for the energy transition, which keeps a balance between learning and playability? (2) How can co-design contribute to the development of a serious game? We found out that the use of prototypes and the influence of different stakeholders as informants, co-designers, and testers were crucial for the expansion of the learning content, the improvement of the gameplay, and the balancing of the difficulty level. In addition, the energy transition at the neighborhood level appeared to be a suitable topic for a serious game. During the development process, the serious game was already used for citizen participation, involving about 120 participants in 15 workshops.

Refugee and Immigrant Women’s Experience of Postpartum Depression: A Meta-Synthesis

2017 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 84-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carolyn L. Tobin ◽  
Pam Di Napoli ◽  
Cheryl Tatano Beck
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Postpartum Depression ◽  
Health Care Providers ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Immigrant Women ◽  
Care Providers ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Effective Care ◽  
Insight Into

The aim of this work is to synthesize qualitative research on refugee and immigrant women’s experiences of postpartum depression (PPD) to gain insight into the unique needs of this group of women. This population is more at risk of developing PPD due to a complexity of issues including pre- and postmigratory stressors; however, there is currently little research on this topic available to health care providers and policy makers. Thirteen articles met inclusion criteria, and five themes emerged from the meta-synthesis: (a) suffering in solitude, (b) the invisible illness, (c) cultural conceptualizations, (d) barriers to help seeking, and (e) facilitators of help seeking. Conclusions suggest immigrant women with PPD may lack understanding of their condition, are often isolated, are alone, fear stigmatization, and risk being considered an unfit mother. Raising awareness with health care providers of the meaning of PPD for immigrant women is key to the provision of effective care.

scholarly journals Email Analysis in Fraud Investigation: Digital Forensic and Network Analysis Approach

2022 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 265
Author(s):  
Wishnu Agung Baroto
Keyword(s):  
Network Analysis ◽  
Design Science ◽  
Science Research ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
The Body ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Digital Forensic ◽  
Efficient Communication ◽  
Design Science Research Methodology ◽  
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Email is an imperative method of communication that is changing the way people share their data and information. It provides effective and efficient communication, especially in business, convenience, and easy access and replication. Those electronic data should be considered by a fraud investigator to comprehend the investigation. Email can be divided into two parts: the head of the email and the email body. The head of the email is metadata that consists of unstructured data, and the body and its attachment consist of semi-structured data. The email data usually comes in large volumes and ranges of types. Therefore, a manual investigation of an email should be avoided. This paper uses the Design Science Research Methodology to discover the most profound framework in an email fraud investigation. Using email metadata and email body, this research performs a digital forensic framework: preparation, gathering, processing, and presentation, combines with social network analysis to be applicable in the investigation. The result shows that digital forensics process, network analysis, data visualization provides a more valuable and comprehensive insight into email analysis.

scholarly journals Cancer growth, metastasis and control likewise Go gaming: an Ising model approach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Barradas-Bautista ◽  
Matías Alvarado ◽  
Germinal Cocho ◽  
Mark Agostino
Keyword(s):  
Energy Exchange ◽  
Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Cellular Growth ◽  
Cancer Growth ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Interacting Particles ◽  
Tissue Area ◽  
And Control ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Model Approach

This work aims for modeling and simulating the metastasis of cancer, via the analogy between the cancer process and the board game Go. In the game of Go, black stones play first, could correspond to metastasis of cancer. Moreover, playing white stones on the second turn would correspond to the inhibition of cancer invasion. Mathematical modeling and algorithmic simulation of Go may, therefore, benefit the efforts to deploy therapies to surpass cancer illness by providing insight into the cellular growth and expansion over a tissue area. In this paper, we use the Ising Hamiltonian, an energy model to describe the energy exchange in interacting particles, to propose the modeling of cancer dynamics. Parameters in the energy function refer the biochemical elements that induce cancer metastasis; as well as, the biochemical immune system process of response.

scholarly journals Cancer growth, metastasis and control likewise Go gaming: an Ising model approach

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Didier Barradas-Bautista ◽  
Matías Alvarado ◽  
Germinal Cocho ◽  
Mark Agostino
Keyword(s):  
Energy Exchange ◽  
Cancer Metastasis ◽  
Cellular Growth ◽  
Cancer Growth ◽  
Board Game ◽  
Interacting Particles ◽  
Tissue Area ◽  
And Control ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
Model Approach

This work aims for modeling and simulating the metastasis of cancer, via the analogy between the cancer process and the board game Go. In the game of Go, black stones play first, could correspond to metastasis of cancer. Moreover, playing white stones on the second turn would correspond to the inhibition of cancer invasion. Mathematical modeling and algorithmic simulation of Go may, therefore, benefit the efforts to deploy therapies to surpass cancer illness by providing insight into the cellular growth and expansion over a tissue area. In this paper, we use the Ising Hamiltonian, an energy model to describe the energy exchange in interacting particles, to propose the modeling of cancer dynamics. Parameters in the energy function refer the biochemical elements that induce cancer metastasis; as well as, the biochemical immune system process of response.

scholarly journals A Qualitative Exploration of Consumers’ Perceived Impacts, Behavioural Reactions, and Future Reflections of the EU Tobacco Products Directive (2017) as Applied to Electronic Cigarettes

2020 ◽  
Vol 13 ◽  
pp. 1179173X2092545
Author(s):  
Emma Ward ◽  
Claudia Anholt ◽  
Sarah Gentry ◽  
Lynne Dawkins ◽  
Richard Holland ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Negative Impact ◽  
Electronic Cigarettes ◽  
Smoking Behaviour ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Tobacco Products ◽  
Raising Awareness ◽  
Perceived Impacts ◽  
Qualitative Exploration ◽  
Insight Into ◽  
The Eu

Background: Electronic cigarette regulations included in the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), Article 20, implemented in Europe by May 2017, aimed to improve safety for e-cigarette consumers, and prevent uptake among non-smokers, particularly young people. Before implementation, there were significant concerns from consumers, industry, and some in the scientific community about the potential negative impact of the TPD on people using e-cigarettes to remain abstinent from smoking. To date, there is limited evidence on how the TPD has affected consumers. This study aimed to add insight into how consumers perceived and experienced the regulations. Methods: Qualitative data, collected between March 2018 and March 2019, relating to participant views of the TPD were extracted from 160 interviews/extended surveys of e-cigarette consumers as part of a wider study into e-cigarette use trajectories (ECtra study). Data were thematically analysed. Results: Awareness of the TPD among consumers was not universal. Participants’ smoking behaviour did not appear to be influenced by the legislation. Participants were reassured by manufacturing regulations and requirements for ingredients labels. Participants responded negatively to changes perceived to cause inconvenience and extra plastic waste. The product restrictions prompted some participants to purchase non-compliant products illegally, potentially putting their safety at risk. Conclusions: E-cigarette regulation should focus on ensuring product safety. Raising awareness of the TPD among consumers and smokers could be beneficial.

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