There is conflicting evidence as to the current level of awareness and impact of Web Assurance Seal Services (WASSs). This study examines the effects of an educational intervention designed to increase consumer's knowledge, of security and privacy aspect of business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce websites and assurance seal services. The study further explores the relationships among consumers' p...

advanced metering infrastructure (ami) is a key part of the smart grid; thus, one of the most important concerns is to offer a secure mutual authentication.  this study focuses on communication between a smart meter and a server on the utility side. hence, a mutual authentication mechanism in ami is presented based on the elliptic curve cryptography (ecc) and one time signature (ots) consists o...

Security is one of the principal and continuing concerns that restrict customers and organizations engaging with ecommerce. The aim of this paper is to explore the perception of security in e-commerce B2C and C2C websites from both customer and organisational perspectives. It explores factors that influence customers’ perceptions of security. It also highlights conflicts between customer concer...

Before the recent recession evoked general dismay and uncertainty, this study examined the relative contribution of income and the concern over financial security to life satisfaction. The degree to which such concerns permeate people’s daily lives could be part of the broader concept of wealth, often measured through income and debt, and could help evaluate fiscal instruments promoting financi...

Abstract One dimension of the emerging politics connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) is development public concerns over their societal implications associated policy issues. This study uses original survey data from United States to contribute anticipation future political issues for CAVs. Several studies have surveyed regarding CAVs; however, there are few that highlight multidimensional C...