Gender is one of the key socio-demographic variables that can influence travel behaviour, but it is often the least understood. Understanding travel behaviour by gender will help better design transport policies that are efficient and equitable. Due to the gendered division of work in...

The blockchain is a technology that goes beyond timestamping, bitcoin and secure financial transactions. The development of an ecosystem around smart connected objects will probably not happen without the blockchain (in one form or another). The blockchain opens the door to the liquification of...

The blockchain is a technology that goes beyond timestamping, bitcoin and secure financial transactions. The development of an ecosystem around smart connected objects will probably not happen without the blockchain (in one form or another). The blockchain opens the door to the liquification of...

Many organizations in the developing world (e.g., NGOs), include digital data collection in their workflow. Data collected can include information that may be considered sensitive, such as medical or socioeconomic data, and which could be affected by computer security attacks or unintentional...

Managing risks is of paramount importance for enabling a widespread adoption of cloud computing. Users need to understand the risks associated with the process of migrating applications and data, so that appropriate mechanisms can be taken into consideration. However, risk management in cloud...

To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly increasing the supply of political violence. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the restrictions...

To address security concerns, governments often implement trade barriers and restrictions on the movement of goods and people. These restrictions have negative economic consequences, possibly increasing the supply of political violence. To test this hypothesis, we exploit the restrictions...

A system's security must be understood with respect to the capabilities and be- haviors of an adversary Eve. It is often assumed in security analysis that Eve acts as ma- liciously as possible. From an economic perspective, Eve tries to maximize her utility in a game with other participants. The...

Managing risks is of paramount importance for enabling a widespread adoption of cloud computing. Users need to understand the risks associated with the process of migrating applications and data, so that appropriate mechanisms can be taken into consideration. However, risk management in cloud...

The objective of the mid-term review evaluation is to provide an external assessment of the Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation over the period 2014-2017, contributing to lesson-learning and accountability; the focus of the evaluation is on the Instrument, and on whether it is fit for...

Quality education is absolutely essential for the overall development of the human resource base of a country. This requires imparting of appropriate knowledge, skills and values to the students. To achieve this faculty is the main source and instrument. In the present scenario where engineering...

The objective of this paper is to analyse how knowledge-sharing activities between Brazil and several sub-Saharan African countries, in the fields of social protection and food and nutrition security policies and programmes, have directly and/or indirectly influenced African policies and...

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...

Security concerns in a context of increasingly segmented supply chains have led to stricter border control measures, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit...

The objective of this paper is to analyse how knowledge-sharing activities between Brazil and several sub-Saharan African countries, in the fields of social protection and food and nutrition security policies and programmes, have directly and/or indirectly influenced African policies and...

Security concerns in a context of increasingly segmented supply chains have led to stricter border control measures, which may potentially negatively affect international trade. Customs around the world have therefore implemented security-motivated certification programs to facilitate licit...

Industry 4.0 and robots are said to speed up productivity thereby inducing a 'quantum leap' towards the 'end of work' and calling for a complete change of social security institutions that have so far been closely linked to employment. Unconditional basic income is the cry of the day, curiously...

The article discusses the concept of comprehensive and integrated cover of clients’ monetary needs and necessities called the bankassurance. It is divided in parts dealing with contracting, importance, problems and place of bankassurance in relation with the financial safety during crisis, as...

The paper is intended to point out at the relation between security and its key vehicle that is humans themselves. It presents an option to strengthen security through purposeful education of peiple and their comprehensive training in peaceful settlement of conflicts.

IBM Internet of Things (IoT) research focuses on three components to address the multiple challenges of a scalable, secure and efficient IoT: Technology strategy, business and economic insights, and product and user experience design. By merging these three streams of research, IBM developed a...

The Arab region is in crisis and it is easy to succumb to pessimism about its future. This report, however, embraces a vision of hope: one that illustrates the many ways in which the region can act to ensure its future security and prosperity. It envisages a day when authoritarianism,...

The paper explores the connection between the notions of justice and justification, and explains why their full comprehension enhances the legitimacy of the EU's 'Area of Freedom, Security and Justice' (AFSJ) project. The paper argues that the notion of justice, despite its contested nature,...

This paper captures the contradictions at the heart of the European Union's (EU) security approach in Eastern Europe and reveals their implications in practice. The EU's security approach towards the states at its Eastern borders has been characterized by pervasive ambiguity, oscillating between...

Ziel des vorliegenden Beitrags ist die Darstellung der Verteilung von Kriminalität in Deutschland. Dazu wird die polizeiliche Kriminalstatistik so aufbereitet, dass sowohl das Dunkelfeld zentraler Deliktgruppen als auch deren Schweregrad Berücksichtigung finden. Die vorgeschlagenen Wege...

Internetkriminalität kann für die Betroffenen erhebliche Kosten zur Folge haben. Bisherige Ansätze der Quantifizierung konzentrierten sich meist auf Schäden für Unternehmen. Offizielle Angaben zu Schäden für Privatpersonen beruhen in erster Linie auf den polizeilich erfassten Fällen,...

Der vorliegende Bericht analysiert die Kriminalitätsberichterstattung in Zeitungen und vergleicht diese mit der tatsächlichen Kriminalitätsbelastung sowie der Furcht vor Kriminalität. Ein zentraler Befund ist, dass kriminalitätsbezogene Themen eine vergleichsweise geringe Rolle in den...

Um die subjektive Kriminalitätsfurcht der Bevölkerung zu messen, werden bislang vor allem Befragungen durchgeführt. In Zeiten der zunehmenden Digitalisierung könnten aber auch Daten aus sozialen Medien und Suchmaschinen dazu beitragen, mehr über die subjektiven Empfindungen der Bevölkerung...

Viele Bürger fürchten Opfer einer Straftat zu werden. Der Frage, inwieweit diese Furcht sich mit der regionalen Kriminalitätsbelastung deckt, versucht dieser Beitrag nachzugehen. Die Untersuchung basiert auf einer umfangreichen Datengrundlage zu Kriminalitätsfurcht und verbindet diese mit...

IBM Internet of Things (IoT) research focuses on three components to address the multiple challenges of a scalable, secure and efficient IoT: Technology strategy, business and economic insights, and product and user experience design. By merging these three streams of research, IBM developed a...