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Money laundering and terrorism financing risks of prepaid cards instruments?
No full textAdvances in information and communication technologies (ICT) have had, and will continue to have, wide-ranging influences on how the banking and finance industry operates. Making payments and transmitting money electronically or online are increasingly popular. An increased dependence on global electronic payment systems and the ability to move large amounts of money expeditiously across different jurisdiction, however, expose both payment processing companies and consumers to an evolving spectrum of threats such as fraud and money laundering. This article considers ways in which prepaid cards can be exploited by organised criminals and terrorists to launder their illicit proceeds of crime, and to transfer money anonymously and instantaneously over the globe for use by terrorist organisations. Risks identified in this article include recruiting card mules (e.g. international students) to purchase prepaid cards, and the mailing or shipping of prepaid cards out of the country without regulators being aware. To minimise risks of abuse by organised criminals and terrorists, legislation will need to adapt to deal with threats that organised criminals and terrorists seek to exploit. Future directions for research in relation to prepaid cards are also identified
Cyber threat landscape faced by financial and insurance industry
No full textOpportunities for criminals to engage in transnational activities have expanded with globalisation and advancements in information and communications technologies. Cyber criminal activities will increasingly affect the financial security of online business. It is widely accepted that the financial and insurance industry is the ‘target of choice’ for financially motivated cyber criminals. Yet there is a lack of understanding about the true magnitude of cyber crime and its impact on businesses. Drawing on data from a 2008 Australia-wide survey conducted by the Australian Institute of Criminology, this paper contributes to a better understanding of the threat landscape faced by the financial and insurance industry by assessing the top four risk areas reported by the survey respondents. The paper also examines whether the results from the financial and insurance industries differ from other industries and identifies ways in which industries (particularly the financial and insurance industry), can neutralise or reduce cyber crime opportunities
Going Beyond Counting First Authors in Author Co-citation Analysis
Full text linkThe present study examines one of the fundamental aspects of author co-citation analysis (ACA) - the way co-citation
counts are defined. Co-citation counting provides the data on which all subsequent statistical analyses and mappings
are based, and we compare ACA results based on two different types of co-citation counting - the traditional type that
only counts the first one among a cited work's authors on the one hand and a non-traditional type that takes into
account the first 5 authors of a cited work on the other hand. Results indicate that the picture produced through this non-traditional author co-citation counting contains more coherent author groups and is therefore considerably clearer. However, this picture represents fewer specialties in the research field being studied than that produced through the traditional first-author co-citation counting when the same number of top-ranked authors is selected and analyzed. Reasons for these effects are discussed
Variations on the Author
Full text link“Variations on the Author” discusses two of Eduardo Coutinho’s recent films (Um Dia na Vida, from 2010, and Últimas Conversas, posthumously released in 2015) and their contribution to the general question of documentary authorship. The director’s filmography is characterized by a consistent yet self-effacing form of authorial self-inscription: Coutinho often features as an interviewer that rather than express opinions propels discourses; an interviewer that is good at listening. This mode of self-inscription characterizes him as an author who is not expressive but who is nonetheless markedly present on the screen. In Um Dia na Vida, however, Coutinho is completely absent form the image, while Últimas Conversas, on the contrary, includes a confessional prologue that moves the director from the margins to the center of his films. This article examines the ways in which these works stand out in the filmography of a director who offers new insights into the notion of cinematic authorship
Factors influencing the adoption of cloud incident handling strategy: a preliminary study in Malaysia
No full textThis study seeks to understand the factors influencing the adoption of an incident handling strategy by organisational cloud service users. We propose a conceptual model that draws upon the Situation Awareness (SA) model and Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to guide this research. 40 organisational cloud service users in Malaysia were surveyed. We also conduct face-to-face interviews with participants from four of the organisations. Findings from the study indicate that four PMT factors (Perceived Vulnerability, Self-Efficacy, Response Efficacy, and Perceived Severity) have a significantly influence on the adoption of cloud incident handling strategy within the organisations. We, therefore, suggest a successful adoption cloud incident handling strategy by organisational cloud service users involves the nexus between these four PMT factors. We also outline future research required to validate the model
Appropriate Similarity Measures for Author Cocitation Analysis
Full text linkWe provide a number of new insights into the methodological discussion about author cocitation analysis. We first argue that the use of the Pearson correlation for measuring the similarity between authors’ cocitation profiles is not very satisfactory. We then discuss what kind of similarity measures may be used as an alternative to the Pearson correlation. We consider three similarity measures in particular. One is the well-known cosine. The other two similarity measures have not been used before in the bibliometric literature. Finally, we show by means of an example that our findings have a high practical relevance.information science;Pearson correlation;cosine;similarity measure;author cocitation analysis
Cloud attack and risk assessment taxonomy
No full textAs businesses' dependence on cloud services increases, these services are vulnerable to security incidents, data breaches, and other malicious activities. To mitigate risks to the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of assets, as well as to minimize losses to cloud service providers and users, particularly organizational users, the attack risk elements must be identified, classified, quantified, and prioritized. This column presents a conceptual cloud attack and risk assessment taxonomy
Pervasive social networking forensics: intelligence and evidence from mobile device extracts
No full textIn pervasive social networking forensics, mobile devices (e.g. mobile phones) are a typical source of evidence. For example, figures from an Australian law enforcement agency show the number of mobile phones submitted for analysis increasing at an average of 60% per annum since 2006, and data from FBI regional computer forensics laboratory showing an increase of 67% per annum for mobile phone examinations. When coupled with the growth in capacity of memory card and device storage, which doubles approximately every 15 months, there is an ongoing and increasing growth in the volume of data available for evidence and intelligence analysis. There is a potential for information relevant to a range of crimes within the extracted data, such as terrorism and organised crime investigations, with potential cross-device and cross-case linkages. In this paper, we propose the Digital Forensic Intelligence Analysis Cycle (DFIAC). Using mobile device extracts from an Australian law enforcement agency, we demonstrate the utility of DFIAC in locating information across an increasing volume of forensically extracted data from mobile devices, and a greater understanding of the developing trends in relation to mobile device forensic analysis
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