The Deterrent and Displacement Effects of Information Security Enforcement: International Evidence

The Deterrent Effect of Enforcement Against Computer Hackers: Cross-Country Evidence

Quantitative evaluation of software security: an approach based on UML/SecAM and evidence theory

Quantitative and model-based prediction of security in the architecture design stage facilitates early detection of design faults hence reducing modification costs in subsequent stages of software life cycle. However, an important question arises with respect to the accuracy of input parameters. In practice, security parameters can rarely be estimated accurately due to the lack of sufficient kn...

Enforcing RBAC Policies over Data Stored on Untrusted Server (Extended Version)

One of the security issues in data outsourcing is the enforcement of the data owner’s access control policies. This includes some challenges. The first challenge is preserving confidentiality of data and policies. One of the existing solutions is encrypting data before outsourcing which brings new challenges; namely, the number of keys required to access authorized resources, efficient policy u...

Learning from the Limitations of Deterrence Research

Public policy and scientific knowledge concerning deterrence have long been marching in different directions. Despite the proliferation of threestrikes, mandatory minimum, and concealed weapons laws and retention of capital punishment in 37 states, there is little credible evidence that changes in sanctions affect crime rates, and there is no credible evidence that capital punishment deters bet...

Health Security in the Context of Climate Change and Its Impact on Environmental Refugees

Human health security is one of the important issues that international research institutions have been focusing on. This kind of human security has been affected by the effects of climate change over the past two decades. One of the consequences of climate change on the health of people is the development and spread of contagious diseases. In the absence of the prevention of these diseases, th...