in the decentralized international system and lack of central authority, the first objective, priority and precedence of states, is maintenance of national security and preservation of self. from the past, durable national security provision has been include ,three readily type: 1. military readily2. political readily 3. economic readily. but economic factors of national security by the end col...

Nearly one in three security practitioners believe that the organization they work for under-funds information security efforts. Rational choice and economic models have been developed to help decision makers determine the optimal amount they should spend to protect a set of information assets. These models presume investment decisions are rationally made, despite long-standing behavioral and d...

The security of the transportation system depends on that of any of its components and how they are interlinked. But the securing of each component is oftentimes in the hand of the agency in whose jurisdiction it falls. Literature on reliability and security economics suggests that when security is defined by the weakest link in an interlinked system, then its level is determined by the agent w...

The need to maintain national security while deriving the benefits of global economic liberalization presents a significant challenge for governments attempting to privatize critical infrastructure assets. In the post September 11, 2001 world, the notion that foreign direct investment positively contributes to an economy is being tempered by the realization that it can pose a threat to national...

The need to maintain national security while deriving the benefits of global economic liberalization presents a significant challenge for governments attempting to privatize critical infrastructure assets. In the post September 11, 2001 world, the notion that foreign direct investment positively contributes to an economy is being tempered by the realization that it can pose a threat to national...