Increasing Awareness for Cyber Security in the Corporate Sector

The age of computer advancement has caused a revolutionary change in the corporate sector. From on-campus working hours to remote work from home scenarios, from meetings in a conference room to meeting online in a virtual environment, things are changing continuously in the corporate environment. This paper tries to educate and generate awareness about cyber security in the non-technical human resource and try to make them understand the potential risks to their organization which can be caused because of not giving much attention to smaller details. This paper concentrates on those attacks which can be mitigated by any non-technical employee and which are easy to understand and give preventive measures for the same.

Preface

11th International Conference on High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production (HPCST-2021). May 21-22, 2021, Barnaul, Russia The 11th International Conference on High-Performance Computing Systems and Technologies in Scientific Research, Automation of Control and Production (HPCST-2021) took place at the Altai State University on May 21 - 22, 2021. Altai State University (AltSU) is located in the center of Barnaul city - the capital of Altai region of the south-west of Siberia. Figure 1. Main Complex of Two Joint Buildings of Altai State University: left - Learning Campus; right - University Administration Building. HPCST is a regular scientific meeting that is held annually since 2011. It attracts specialists in the various fields of modern computer and information science, and their applications in automation of control and production, in mathematical modelling and computer simulation of processes and phenomena in natural sciences by means of high-performance computing. The goal of the conference is to present state-of-art approaches and methods for solving contemporary scientific problems and to exchange the latest research results obtained by scientists from both universities and research institutions. All the reported results are valuable contributions to the field of applied information and computer science. Due to the global COVID 2019 pandemic, travel restrictions were still in place in Russia, so the committee decided to hold the conference in a semi-virtual format. Specifically for the purpose, several rooms in AltSU main building were supplied with the equipment for videoconferencing. HPCST-2021 virtual meetings took place in the conference room (figures 2 and 3) of the university administration building using the Zoom remote videoconferencing system. List of BOARD OF THE CONFERENCE, Photos are available in this pdf.

Autonomic Security Management for IoT Smart Spaces

Embedded sensors and smart devices have turned the environments around us into smart spaces that could automatically evolve, depending on the needs of users, and adapt to the new conditions. While smart spaces are beneficial and desired in many aspects, they could be compromised and expose privacy, security, or render the whole environment a hostile space in which regular tasks cannot be accomplished anymore. In fact, ensuring the security of smart spaces is a very challenging task due to the heterogeneity of devices, vast attack surface, and device resource limitations. The key objective of this study is to minimize the manual work in enforcing the security of smart spaces by leveraging the autonomic computing paradigm in the management of IoT environments. More specifically, we strive to build an autonomic manager that can monitor the smart space continuously, analyze the context, plan and execute countermeasures to maintain the desired level of security, and reduce liability and risks of security breaches. We follow the microservice architecture pattern and propose a generic ontology named Secure Smart Space Ontology (SSSO) for describing dynamic contextual information in security-enhanced smart spaces. Based on SSSO, we build an autonomic security manager with four layers that continuously monitors the managed spaces, analyzes contextual information and events, and automatically plans and implements adaptive security policies. As the evaluation, focusing on a current BlackBerry customer problem, we deployed the proposed autonomic security manager to maintain the security of a smart conference room with 32 devices and 66 services. The high performance of the proposed solution was also evaluated on a large-scale deployment with over 1.8 million triples.

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International and National Seminar on Fisheries and Marine Science (ISFM) is an annual event held by The Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science Universitas Riau Pekanbaru, Indonesia. This annual event has been conducted since 2011. In ISFM X 2021, students and researchers with topics on the basics and applications of fisheries and marine are invited to join the conference. This conference cover topics related to the main issues on “Sustainable Development Goals”. In 2021, Indonesia and many other countries still facing the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic caused travel restrictions as well as gathering activities for offline conference activity. The virtual 10th International and National Seminar on Fisheries and Marine Science (ISFM X 2021) was conducted on September 15-16, 2021. The whole event was conducted through zoom meeting application. The conference committee invited 7 speakers from 5 countries, namely Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, Philippines, and Taiwan. The seminar was attended by 349 participants; whether present in the conference room, via zoom, and watching live via YouTube. These participants were coming from Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand, Philippines, Taiwan, and Singapore. There were 130 papers presented and 97 papers were selected to be published in this proceeding. Those researches were findings in the sector of fisheries and marine science, including research on the COVID-19 pandemic related to this sector. The committee is herewith extending the thankfulness to all the involved persons who are actively contributing to the implementation of the program. We are grateful for the attendance of the keynote speakers, Prof. Emmanuel M Vera Cruz from College of Fisheries Central Luzon Stated University, Prof. Liu Kwang-Ming from Department of Marine Affairs and Resources Management National Taiwan Ocean University, Prof. Dr. Muhammad Rizal Razman from Research Centre for Sustainability Science and Governance, Institute for Environment and Development University Kebangsaan Malaysia, Prof. Dr. Soottawat Benjakul from Department of Food Technology Prince of Songkla University, Assoc. Prof. Janice Alano Ragaza from Department of Biology Ateneo de Manila University, and Assoc. Prof. Indra Suharman, Ph.D from Department of Aquaculture Universitas Riau. Special thanks were presented to Prof. Dr. Aras Mulyadi, DEA (The Rector of Universitas Riau), Prof. Dr. Almasdi Syahza, SE, MP (The Chairman of The Institute for Research and Community Service Universitas Riau), and also Prof. Dr. Bintal Amin, M.Sc (The Dean of Faculty of Fisheries and Marine Science Universitas Riau) for the support provided during the conference. Finally, we would also send gratitude to all participants and committee members who have helped this conference. The Chair of ISFM X 2021 Dr. Trisla Warningsih, S.Pi, M.Si List of Organizing Committee, International Scientific Board, The Editors, Conference Photographs are available in this pdf.

The Code Silver Exercise: a low-cost simulation alternative to prepare hospitals for an active shooter event

Mass-shooting incidents have been increasing in recent years and Code Silver—the hospital response to a person with a weapon such as an active shooter in many Provinces or States in North America—is quickly shifting from a theoretical safety measure to a realistic scenario for which hospitals must prepare their staff. A Code Silver Exercise (CSE) involving an independent mental practice exercise with written responses to scenarios and questions, followed by a facilitated debrief with all participants, was conceptualized and trialled for feasibility and efficacy. The CSE was piloted as a quality improvement and emergency preparedness initiative in three different settings including in situ within a hospital Emergency Department or Intensive Care Unit, offsite in a large conference room workshop, and online via virtual platform. These sessions took place in 4 different cities in Canada and included 3 academic teaching hospitals. Participants of the in situ and virtual CSE completed pre- and post-simulation surveys which showed improved understanding of Code Silver protocols following participation.The CSE is a reproducible simulation alternative, designed to operationalize a Code Silver policy at a large healthcare institution in a sustainable way. This training model can be administered in multiple settings in-person (in situ or offsite), and virtually, making it versatile and easily accessible for participants. This exercise enables participants to mentally rehearse practical responses to an active shooter in their unique work environments and to discuss ethical and medical-legal implications of their responses during a facilitated debrief with fellow healthcare providers. Implementation of a CSE for training in hospitals may help staff to create a mental schema prior to an active shooter event, and thus indirectly improve the chances of survivability in the event of a real active shooter situation.

SPECIFIC FEATURES OF USING THE FOURTH STAGE OF ACOUSTIC EXPERTISE FOR SPECIAL PURPOSE PREMISES

The subject of the report is the methodology of carrying out an examination of the application for the purpose of establishing the optimal acoustic minds in the prevalence of attribution. The goal is to improve the quality of all stages of acoustic examination, taking into account the premises for which there are special requirements for the quality of the transmitted content or for which there are features in the formation of the sound field. Such a sequence of stages requires the solution of several tasks: determining the conditions for conducting research, taking into account the specifics of the premises and content; selection of hardware and software complex for research; determination of informative criteria for assessing the acoustics of a room, taking into account all its features; processing and analysis of the results obtained. The application of this approach to the stages of acoustic examination was considered on the example of a conference room, for which there were requirements for high quality speech content, a sound reinforcement system was already used in the hall, and there were features in the formation of a sound field. The authors in the article describe the solutions to all the tasks for the investigated room. The results obtained made it possible to analyze the objective characteristics of the sound field and identify the reasons for the low quality of speech content transmission not only in the acoustic calculation, but when using the existing sound reinforcement systems (electroacoustic calculation). Conclusions. The proposed sequence of the stages of acoustic examination makes it possible to identify "problem" places in the formation of the sound field and / or to determine possible solutions even before the stages of checking existing architectural and construction solutions and the development of technical specifications for the construction of enclosing surfaces and measures to create optimal acoustic conditions.

Quantifying the Impact of Ultraviolet Subtype C in Reducing Airborne Pathogen Transmission and Improving Energy Efficiency in Healthy Buildings: A Kahn–Mariita Equivalent Ventilation Model

There is growing evidence that viruses responsible for pandemics, such as Middle East respiratory syndrome and severe acute respiratory syndrome, are mainly spread through aerosols. Recommendations have been introduced to reduce the transmission risks of virulent airborne viral particles by increasing ventilation rates, expressed in air changes per hour (ACHs), effectively improving the dilution of pathogens via mechanical ventilation. However, infrastructural and operational costs associated with upgrades of building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems make these solutions expensive. It is well documented that Ultraviolet Subtype C (UVC) disinfection can help lower exposure risks by inactivating viruses and the performance of such solutions can translate into equivalent ventilation. Here, we present the first framework to extract the optimal UVC requirements to improve facility management yet ensuring compliance with ventilation guidelines at lower energy costs. The Kahn–Mariita (KM) model considers the air quality of shared enclosed spaces over time by supplementing the existing mechanical ventilation with localized UVC air treatment and includes variables such as room size, occupancy, existing ventilation, and target equivalent ACH. For example, the model applied to a conference room shows that a UVC chamber with recirculation rates of 160 m3/h increases ventilation from an ACH 3 to 7.9 and reduces the room’s reset time from 46 to <10 min with as little as 1 W. Recirculation rates of 30 m3/h however offer no benefits beyond 200 mW, with an eACH of 3.9 and reset time of 31 min. The first finding is that single-pass disinfection is not an appropriate metric of performance, i.e., low recirculation rates increase single-pass disinfection, and, however, only treats a portion of the space volume within a given time, limiting the overall performance. Conversely, higher recirculation rates decrease single-pass disinfection but treat larger portions of air, potentially multiple times, and are therefore expected to lower the transmission risk faster. The second result is that for fixed amounts of recirculating air flow, increasing UVC power helps with diminishing return, while for a fixed UVC power, increasing the recirculating air flow will always help. This dynamic is particularly important toward optimizing solutions, given the constraints system engineers must work with, and particularly to design for end-user benefits such as increased occupancy, in-dwelling time, or reduction of shared-space reset time.

Effective approach to manage COVID-19 challenges in Hamad General Hospital dialysis facilities

Background: Hamad Medical Corporation (HMC) is providing dialysis treatment to approximately 1050 patients. COVID-19 started from China in December 2019, and the first case in Qatar was confirmed on 27th February 2020. There were challenges to provide dialysis treatment for COVID-19 positive and negative patients during the pandemic due to severe staff shortage, staff fear and psychological distress, workload, lack of dialysis slots, prolonged working hours and staff fatigue. Some staff were even deployed to COVID-19 facilities (modular dialysis services, hotel and quarantine facilities) to provide treatment. Methods: 1) A COVID-19 management committee was established 2) An on-call team was assigned to manage new cases and review dialysis slots availability. 3) Staff performance and adherence to safety measures was monitored. 4) A hierarchy model was implemented for COVID-19. A) Elimination: – Confirmed COVID-19 patients were not to receive dialysis at Ambulatory Dialysis centres. – Unit meetings were only held online. B) Substitution: – Dialysis services were to be provided in HMC dialysis facilities, COVID-19 hospitals, and isolation/quarantine facilities (home/hotels). – Administrators with chronic disease worked from home. C) Engineering: – Reduce number of chairs in tearoom and waiting area – Rearrange offices, working spaces, and conference room to keep everyone 2 meters apart. D) Administrative: – Staff, patient and family education – Screening by using visual triaging scale – Deployment of staff – Managing staff mental health and psychosocial well-being Results: 76 dialysis patients and 30 dialysis staff were infected. 900 hemodialysis sessions were provided inside quarantine and isolation facilities (home, hotel, Bu-Sidra, and other locations) and Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital (HMGH) Modular Dialysis Unit from March to October 2020 . The number of COVID-19 positive patients reduced from 39 in May 2020 to 12 in July 2020 (p = 0002). Conclusion: Thanks to our approach, we were able to provide a high quality and safe dialysis service for in-centre dialysis and in COVID-19 facilities and quarantine centres (home/hotels).