categories. The classification was carried Cultural/lifestyle diversity Knowledge society Media convergence Circulation and Distribution of Value Service productivity e-government . e-democracy Entertainment Frontier fields Energy Natural disasters Medical care Food Accidents Crime prevention Domestic regional disparities Aging society Intl. economic disparity Education Cyber Security Maximizin...

Technological innovations have a momentous impact on society. Research has explored the role of culture and decision-making on IT development and diffusion. However, to-date, few studies have examined the role of ICT impacts and culture on IT decisionmaking in developing countries. In this conceptual paper, we integrate Hofstede’s Cultural Dimensions and the Decision Style Inventory into ICT fo...

Personal Identification Numbers (PINs) are ubiquitously used in computer systems where user input interfaces are constrained, such as ATMs, POS terminals, electronic doors and mobile devices. Yet, so far little attention has been paid to this important kind of authentication credentials, especially for 6-digit PINs which dominate in Asian countries and are gaining popularity worldwide. Unsurpri...

This paper addresses the need to bridge the cultural, educational, and technical divides that are impeding professionals and organizations engaged in system and software development and associated security problems. In particular, harmonizing and uniting several key technical disciplines (software engineering, computer science, systems engineering) are critical for a sustainable risk management...

The lack of trust is identified as the key concern for consumers in the eCommerce environment. Service providers attempt to address this concern by implementing Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) systems for online security and privacy and to enhance user confidence. Much research has focused on the technical implementation of online security and privacy systems. This paper discusses social and cu...

The purposes of this paper are to find whether religion and/or gender has relation with information security problems or not in cross-cultural environments and to know how they are related with each other. Analyzing the data collected by a comprehensive series of international surveys on problems related to information security management in 8 investee countries/community, this paper identifies...