This paper critically analyses the foundations of three widely advocated information security management standards (BS7799, GASPP and SSE-CMM). The analysis reveals several fundamental problems related to these standards, casting serious doubts on their validity. The implications for research and practice, in improving information security management standards, are considered.

Abortion is one of the most important economic issues in sheep flocks. Chlamydophila abortus is an agent of enzootic abortions in sheep. Mycoplasma agalactiae is the main etiological agent of contagious agalactia, which can cause abortion in sheep. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of M. agalactiae and C. abortus among aborted ovine fetu...

mycoplasma agalactiae (m. agalactiae) is one of the main causes of contagious agalactia, an infectious syndrome of sheep and goats in khuzestan province –southwest of iran that is characterized by mastitis and subsequent failure of milk production, arthritis, abortion and keratoconjunctivitis. this study was carried out to isolation and identification of m. agalactiae with culture and polymeras...

contagious agalactia (c.a) is an infectious syndrome of sheep that is characterized by mastitis and subsequent failure of milk production, arthritis, abortion and keratoconjunctivitis. mycoplasma agalactiae (m. agalactiae) is the main cause of the disease in sheep. the aim of this study was isolation and identification of m. agalactiae with culture and polymerase chain reaction (pcr) assay f...

Background: Streptococcus agalactiae is the main causal pathogen of bovine mastitis (BM), causing considerable economic loss to the dairy industry worldwide. Vaccines against S. agalactiae play an important role in preventing disease. Aims: The aim of this study was to evaluate the immunoprotection of S. agalactiae pilus isla...

Streptococcus agalactiae is a major contagious pathogen causing bovine sub-clinical mastitis. The present investigation was carried out to determine some phenotypic characteristics of the S. agalactiae strains isolated from bovine mastitis cases in dairy cows of Shahrekord in the west-center of Iran. One hundred eighty California mastitis test (CMT) positive milk samples were ...

The effectiveness of a teat dip with dodecyl benzene sulfonic acid (1.94%) for the prevention of intramammary infections was determined in cows experimentally challenged with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus. The infection rates with Streptococcus agalactiae and Staphylococcus aureus were 62.5% and 75% in undipped quarters, 12.5% and 21.5% in dipped quarters with a reduction r...