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PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL RISK SOCIETY: A Critical Analysis of the Public Debate on Implementation of the Danish NemID
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2023 | European Journal of Information Systems | Citations: 0
Authors: Ngwenyama, Ojelanki; Henriksen, Helle Zinner; Hardt, Daniel

Abstract: The rise of the digital society is accompanied by incalculable social risks, but ... Expand

Abstract: The rise of the digital society is accompanied by incalculable social risks, but very little IS research has examined the implications of the new digital society. Drawing on concepts from Beck’s critical theory of the risk society and critical discourse analysis, this study examines the public discourse on risk events during the launch of NemID, a personal digital identifier for Danish citizens. This research illustrates our difficulties and challenges in managing some of the fundamental social risks from societal digitalisation. Limited institutional capabilities for digital technologies force public officials to depend on private companies motived by profit instead of the public interest. Beliefs in digital technology as the primary determinant of social and economic progress also present many public management dilemmas. When digital risk events occur and citizens’ fears are stoked by news media and public discourse, public officials seem to have no other strategy for managing the escalating fears than systematically distorted communication. The continued rise of the digital risk society demands that IS research respond to the challenge of generating knowledge for its public management. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: IT risk management data breach identity theft denial of service attack internet technology

Methods: theory development case study qualitative content analysis cluster analysis design artifact

Theories: theory of information warfare theory of communicative action
From Facebook to the Streets: Russian Troll Ads and Black Lives Matter Protests

2019 | HICSS | Citations: 2
Authors: Etudo, Ugochukwu; Yoon, Victoria; Yaraghi, Niam

Abstract: Online trolling is typically studied in the IS literature as an uncoordinated, a ... Expand

Abstract: Online trolling is typically studied in the IS literature as an uncoordinated, anarchic activity. Coordinated, strategic online trolling is not well understood despite its prevalence on social media. To shed light on this prevailing activity, the present study examines the proposition that coordinated online trolling is timed to leverage macro societal unrest. In testing this proposition, we analyzed the dynamics of the Russian State’s coordinated trolling campaign against the United States beginning in 2015. Using the May 2018 release of all Russian Troll Facebook advertisements, this study constructs a topic model of the content of these ads. The relationship between ad topics and the frequency of Black Lives Matter protests is examined. We argue that the frequency of Black Lives Matter protests proxies for civil unrest and divisiveness in the United States. The study finds that Russian ads related to police brutality were issued to coincide with periods of higher unrest. This work also finds that during periods of relative calm (evidenced by lower frequency of protests) Russian ads were relatively innocuous. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: Facebook application programming interface missing data internet technology Python

Methods: topic model time series analysis longitudinal research term frequency–inverse document frequency data transformation

Theories: theory of information warfare
The Ethics of Psychometrics in Social Media: A Rawlsian Approach

2018 | HICSS | Citations: 0
Authors: Bay, Morten

Abstract: Targeted social media advertising based on psychometric user profiling has emerg ... Expand

Abstract: Targeted social media advertising based on psychometric user profiling has emerged as an effective way of reaching individuals who are predisposed to accept and be persuaded by the advertising message. In the political realm, the use of psychometrics appears to have been used to spread both information and misinformation through social media in recent elections in the U.S. and Europe, partially resulting in the current, public debate about ‘fake news’. This paper questions the ethics of these methods, both in a commercial context and in the context of democratic processes. The ethical approach is based on the theoretical, contractarian work of John Rawls which serves as a lens through which the author examines whether the rights of citizens, as Rawls attributes them, are violated by this practice. The paper concludes that within a Rawlsian framework, use of psychometrics in commercial advertising on social media platforms is not necessarily unethical, since the user enters freely into a contract that allows for psychometrics to be used, and because this type of advertising is not necessary for full participation in society. The opposite is the case for political information, and thus, the paper concludes that use of psychometrics in political campaigning violates several of Rawls’ ethical maxims. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: social media advertising management Facebook marketing management

Methods: psychometrics survey

Theories: big five model theory of information warfare
Two-stage database intrusion detection by combining multiple evidence and belief update
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2013 | Information Systems Frontiers | Citations: 0
Authors: Panigrahi, Suvasini; Sural, Shamik; Majumdar, Arun K.

Abstract: Insider threats have gained prominence and pose the most challenging threats to ... Expand

Abstract: Insider threats have gained prominence and pose the most challenging threats to a database system. In this paper, we have proposed a new approach for detecting intrusive attacks in databases by fusion of information sources and use of belief update. In database intrusion detection, only intra-transactional features are not sufficient for detecting attackers within the organization as they are potentially familiar with the day-to-day work. Thus, the proposed system uses inter-transactional as well as intra-transactional features for intrusion detection. Moreover, we have also considered three different sensitivity levels of table attributes for keeping track of the malicious modification of the highly sensitive attributes more carefully. We have analyzed the performance of the proposed database intrusion detection system using stochastic models. Our system performs significantly better compared to two intrusion detection systems recently proposed in the literature. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: database system intrusion detection system information system use online learning system structured query language

Methods: experiment simulation anomaly detection machine learning Markov chain Monte Carlo

Theories: Dempster-Shafer theory theory of information warfare
Information control and terrorism: Tracking the Mumbai terrorist attack through twitter
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2011 | Information Systems Frontiers | Citations: 33
Authors: Oh, Onook; Agrawal, Manish; Rao, H. Raghav

Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of situational information as an antecedent of terr ... Expand

Abstract: This paper analyzes the role of situational information as an antecedent of terrorists’ opportunistic decision making in the volatile and extreme environment of the Mumbai terrorist attack. We especially focus on how Mumbai terrorists monitored and utilized situational information to mount attacks against civilians. Situational information which was broadcast through live media and Twitter contributed to the terrorists’ decision making process and, as a result, increased the effectiveness of hand-held weapons to accomplish their terrorist goal. By utilizing a framework drawn from Situation Awareness (SA) theory, this paper aims to (1) analyze the content of Twitter postings of the Mumbai terror incident, (2) expose the vulnerabilities of Twitter as a participatory emergency reporting system in the terrorism context, and (3), based on the content analysis of Twitter postings, we suggest a conceptual framework for analyzing information control in the context of terrorism. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: terrorist incident Twitter decision making website social media

Methods: qualitative content analysis qualitative coding

Theories: theory of information warfare
Risks and Benefits of Signaling Information System Characteristics to Strategic Attackers
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2009 | Journal of Management Information Systems | Citations: 17
Authors: Cremonini, Marco; Nizovtsev, Dmitri

Abstract: The paper uses a game-theoretic setting to examine the interaction between strat ... Expand

Abstract: The paper uses a game-theoretic setting to examine the interaction between strategic attackers who try to gain unauthorized access to information systems, or "targets," and defenders of those targets. Our analysis of the attacker-defender interaction shows that well-protected targets can use signals of their superior level of protection as a deterrence tool. This is due to the fact that, all other things being equal, rational attackers motivated by potential financial gains tend to direct their effort toward less-protected targets. We analyze several scenarios differing in the scope of publicly available information about target parameters and discuss conditions under which greater defenders' ability to signal their security characteristics may improve their welfare. Our results may assist security researchers in devising better defense strategies through the use of deterrence and provide new insight about the efficacy of specific security practices in complex information security environments. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: data security economic surplus IS economics cost benefit analysis data breach

Methods: simulation experiment archival research

Theories: game theory theory of information warfare
Cyber-Warfare Threatens Corporations: Expansion into Commercial Environments
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2006 | Information Systems Management | Citations: 0
Authors: Knapp, Kenneth J.; Boulton, William R.

Abstract: On the basis of a review of information warfare literature from 1990 to mid-2005 ... Expand

Abstract: On the basis of a review of information warfare literature from 1990 to mid-2005, this article presents a framework of 12 important trends. These trends demonstrate the transformation of information warfare from primarily a military issue into a major commercial issue as well. Corporate IS managers need to understand the growing cyberwar threats and implement appropriate strategies to mitigate risk. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: armed conflict IT security threat ubiquitous computing cyberwarfare digital economy

Methods: literature study survey

Theories: theory of information warfare
A Longitudinal Study of Information System Threat Categories: The Enduring Problem of Human Error
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2005 | ACM SIGMIS Database | Citations: 0
Authors: Im, Ghi Paul; Baskerville, Richard L.

Abstract: Taxonomies of information security threats usually distinguish between accidenta ... Expand

Abstract: Taxonomies of information security threats usually distinguish between accidental and intentional sources of system risk. Security reports have paid a great deal of attention in recent years to the growing problem of hacking and intentional abuse. The prevalence of these reports suggests that hacking has become a more severe problem in relation to other security threats, such as human error. In this paper, we report on research that addresses this question: "How have changes over time in the frequency of hacking and other intentional forms of security threats affected the validity of information systems risk management taxonomies?" We replicate a simple study of the proportions of categories of security threats that was originally completed in 1993. Comparing the results from the replicated study with the results from the original study, we find that the proportions of threat categories have, in contradiction with the popular perception, remained relatively stable over the past decade. These results indicate that human error remains a significant and poorly recognized issue for information systems security. We propose and validate an elaborated taxonomy of information security threats that provides additional insight into human error as a significant source of security risk. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: IT security IT risk management terrorist incident system reliability systems development

Methods: descriptive statistic survey literature study

Theories: theory of information warfare
Agile Security for Information Warfare: A Call for Research

2004 | European Conference On Information Systems | Citations: 1
Authors: Baskerville, Richard

Abstract: The context of information security is changing dramatically. Networking technol ... Expand

Abstract: The context of information security is changing dramatically. Networking technologies have driven the global expansion of electronic commerce. Electronic commerce is increasingly engaging sophisticated advances like digital agents and web services. As a result of such advances, the information systems architectures that must be secured are becoming dynamic: shifting landscapes of changing vulnerabilities. At the same time, the threats in these landscapes are also becoming more sophisticated and dynamic. Information warfare is raising the stakes in information security by leveling intensive and highly novel threats against civilian systems. Information security researchers need to develop organizational approaches and methodologies that respond to this new context. The conflation of information warfare and short cycle development theories promises new information security practices. These approaches and methodologies would effectively lead to agile information security development. Agile information security development anticipates threats and rapidly deploys necessary safeguards in the context of shifting systems landscapes amid pervasive systems threats. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: data security IT security threat agile software development systems development

Methods: theory development

Theories: theory of information warfare
The Influence of Task Load and Automation Trust on Deception Detection
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2004 | Group Decision and Negotiation | Citations: 0
Authors: Biros, David P.; Daly, Mark; Gunsch, Gregg

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects that user task load ... Expand

Abstract: The purpose of this research was to investigate the effects that user task load level has on the relationship between an individual's trust in and subsequent use of a system's automation. Military decision-makers trust and use information system automation to make many tactical judgments and decisions. In situations of information uncertainty (information warfare environments), decision-makers must remain aware of information reliability issues and temperate their use of system automation if necessary. An individual's task load may have an effect on his use of a system's automation in environments of information uncertainty. Collapse

Semantic filters: theory of information warfare

Topics: information system use decision making deception detection decision support system human computer interaction

Methods: experimental group survey experiment descriptive statistic simulation

Theories: theory of information warfare

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PUBLIC MANAGEMENT CHALLENGES IN THE DIGITAL RISK SOCIETY: A Critical Analysis of the Public Debate on Implementation of the Danish NemID

From Facebook to the Streets: Russian Troll Ads and Black Lives Matter Protests

The Ethics of Psychometrics in Social Media: A Rawlsian Approach

Two-stage database intrusion detection by combining multiple evidence and belief update

Information control and terrorism: Tracking the Mumbai terrorist attack through twitter

Risks and Benefits of Signaling Information System Characteristics to Strategic Attackers

Cyber-Warfare Threatens Corporations: Expansion into Commercial Environments

A Longitudinal Study of Information System Threat Categories: The Enduring Problem of Human Error

Agile Security for Information Warfare: A Call for Research

The Influence of Task Load and Automation Trust on Deception Detection