The continual increase of the competition on the market leads to the need of organisations to achieve and maintain compliance to standards such ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 27001, ISO 22000 a.s.o. Having an effective and efficient management system is now more important than ever. That means improving information flow and the level of knowledge in the organisation, with the same or eve...

The ISO 27001 standard specifies an information security management system (ISMS) as a means to implement security best practices for IT systems. Organisations that implement an ISMS typically experience various challenges such as enforcing a common vocabulary, limiting human errors and integrating existing management tools and security mechanisms. However, ISO 27001 does not provide guidance o...

Information security risks threaten the ability of organizations of reaching their operational and strategic goals. Increasing diversification of the information security landscapes makes addressing all risks a challenging task. Information security standards have positioned themselves as generic solutions to tackle a broad range of risks and try to guide security managers in their endeavors. H...

ODC 232.315 015.28 The ultrastructure of three parts (endos.vernz, rootlets and cotyledorrs) of aged seeds o f Pinus sylvestris L. has been studied. In dry seeds no clear differences resulting from ageing are seen as compared with resting living cells, but during imbibition clear differences are evident. Inhibition of development of the D N A containing structures, mitochondria and plastids, wa...

The biological control agent Tetrastichus planipennisi Yang (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) is a gregarious larval endoparasitoid of the emerald ash borer, Agrilus planipennis Fairmaire (Coleoptera: Buprestidae), an invasive cambium-feeding species responsible for recent, widespread mortality of ash (Fraxinus spp.) in North America. T. planipennisi is known to prefer late-instar emerald ash borer, bu...

The automotive industry has successfully collaborated to release the ISO 26262 standard for developing safe software for cars. The standard describes in detail how to conduct hazard analysis and risk assessments to determine the necessary safety measures for each feature. However, the standard does not concern threat analysis for malicious attackers or how to select appropriate security counter...

In any hosteparasitoid interaction, the detection of the host in its microhabitat is a crucial step in the interaction that has a major influence on the parasitoid’s fitness. We used bioassays to investigate whether the parasitoid Sympiesis sericeicornis (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) uses the vibrations of its host Phyllonorycter sp. gr. blancardella (Lepidoptera: Gracillariidae) to detect it in th...

Mit der massiven Verbreitung der Informationstechnologie in den Unternehmen und in privaten Haushalten Mitte der 90-er Jahre, begann alsbald die Diskussion um deren Absicherung mittels IT/Inf.-Sicherheitskonzepten. Inzwischen haben sich im Bereich der Unternehmensabsicherung (Enterprise Security) weltweit Management Systeme, gemäß dem Deming Zyklus – gegenüber den anfänglich verwendeten Policie...