All banknotes have security features which are intended to help to determine whether a banknote is false or genuine. Typically however, the general public has limited knowledge of where on a banknote these security features can be found. Here we tested whether counterfeit detection can be...

Blockchain is claimed to be a liberating technology that can upend current social structures through its decentralized, immutable ledger. In reality, however, blockchain is not absolutely decentralized, trustless, or transparent. Rather, blockchain is a general technology with a wide variety of...

This book chapter assesses the EU medical devices legal framework in light of the EU cybersecurity policy objectives and the complexity aspects inherently characterizing the healthcare sector. First, it outlines the core cybersecurity-related elements in the EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR)...

Darwin’s survival of the fittest theory maintains that an organism's ability to adapt to changes in its environment and adjust accordingly over time determines its survival success. This process of adaptation at the heart of Darwinism is apropos for the cyber insurance industry amidst the...

Experts predict that the use of smart contracts and other applications of blockchain technology can potentially revolutionize the manner in which we do business. Blockchain promises trust, transparency, improved access to shared information and records, as well as operational efficiency and cost...

With the amplified role of data in societies, the interfaces between trade and privacy protection have become multiple and intensified, and raise important questions as to adequate regulatory design that can reconcile economic and non-economic concerns, national and international interests. This...

In this paper, we analyse the results of a detailed survey of the privacy policies, and data protection terms more broadly, of 40 major cloud computing services, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. We review terms relating to controller and processor designations;...

Computer security and user privacy are critical issues and concerns in the digital era due to both increasing users and threats to their data. Separate issues arise between generic cybersecurity guidance (i.e., protect all user data from malicious threats) and the individualistic approach of...

In her article, “Beyond Bitcoin: Leveraging Blockchain to Benefit Business and Society,” Professor Weldon explores the potential of blockchain technology to transform corporate governance and risk management and to promote the principles of transparency that animate various...

This study investigates how voluntary cybersecurity risk management (CyRM) assurance affects non-professional investors’ judgments and decisions. The study also examines how the value relevance of CyRM assurance is altered when having such assurance is expected/unexpected. Employing an...