The rapid expansion of Internet of Things (IoT) devices and services is continuing and even being catalyzed by the COVID-19 pandemic with the number of Internet-connected devices already far exceeding the number of people on the planet, leading to widespread implications for natural and digital...

Prostitution is one of the oldest professions in this world, the countries like India is not an exception to this. In India the prostitution is not an illegal if it is done in with consent and in a room away from public place. However, the work related like kerb crawling, owning or managing a...

Cyber-secure, resilient energy is paramount to the prosperity of the United States. As the experience and sophistication of cyber adversaries grow, so too must the US power system’s defenses, situational awareness, and response and recovery strategies. Traditionally, power systems were...

Economists generally agree that innovation is important to economic growth and that government support for innovation is necessary. Historically, the U.S. government has supported innovation in a variety of ways: (1) a strong legal system for patents; (2) direct support through research...

The fact that "cyber risk" is indeed a collective term for various distinct risks creates great difficulty in communications. For example, policyholders of "cyber insurance" contracts often have a limited or inaccurate understanding about the coverage that they have. To address this issue, we...

Using a large sample of U.S. firms for the period 2005–2017, we provide evidence that real earnings management activities contribute to corporate cybersecurity risk. Specifically, we show that abnormal cuts in discretionary expenditures, our proxy for real earnings management, are positively...

Cyberattacks by nation states and other organized groups against the United States have continued to escalate in recent years with ever-increasing concerns about ransomware attacks and other cyberattacks on the public sector and critical infrastructures. Society is highly dependent upon these...

Tackling the cyber risks in the energy sector is just not critical for energy security but also is a vital component for a strong nation and economy as identified by the recent World Energy Committee report. The statement also focuses that there has been a steady growth in the total count of...

Purpose: Despite growing research interest in cyber security, inter-firm based cyber risk studies are rare. Therefore, this study investigates cyber risk management in supply chain contexts.Methodology: Adapting a systematic literature review process, papers from interdisciplinary areas...

The past two years have marked a turning point in Canada’s cyber defence and security policy. In “Strong, Secure and Engaged,” the Government of Canada called on the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) to adopt a more assertive cyber posture. To implement this policy, the CAF will have to rely...