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The amazing Spider-Man. Vol. 5, Spiral
The underworld is in a constant flux and has been since the Kingpin got taken out at SHADOWLAND. That war is heating up and Spidey's going to do something about it. But he's not the only one-- Police Captain Yuri Watanabe is trying to curtail the madness - both in her day job as a police officer and as the vigilante THE WRAITH! Do she and Spidey play by the same rules?
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A Capability Approach to Managing Organisational Information Security
Information security is becoming increasingly important for most organisations, as it can add real value by facilitating interaction with trading partners, enabling closer customer relationships, and enabling new and easier ways to process electronic transactions that result in a competitive advantage. However, this enhanced business performance comes with increased risk, for example in 2018, information security breaches totalled 1,244 and affected more than 446 million records (Identity Theft Resource Centre (ITRC), 2018). Due to the sensitive nature of customer data, the recent legislative changes around how data is handled (e.g. GDPR) and the mounting information security risks, it is critical for organisations to have a robust and reliable information security system in place. The information security system and its associated strategies should not just react to information security incidents, but protect the data, and anticipate and seek to prevent attacks from cyber criminals. A robust information security system should incorporate the inventory and monitoring of information, and manage how the data is captured, stored, used, handled, and transmitted internally, in data centres, in the cloud, and across the network. This paper proposes a capability approach for the management of information security that encapsulates the management and control of the integrity, confidentiality, accountability, usability, and availability of information. The paper presents a conceptual model and assessment tool, developed via an open innovation and collaborative research approach that an organization can use to understand and assess the maturity of their information security. The conceptual model uses a holistic and systematic approach and is designed to provide real value to organizations by enabling them to drive improvements in the management of their information security, to maximise the potential benefits and to minimise or alleviate any risks.
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The Amazing Spider-Man. Renew your vows
When the Mole Man attacks New York, Spidey, along with his spider-powered wife, Mary Jane, and their daughter, Annie, try to stop the foe from wreaking havoc.
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Personal Data Protection (PDP): A Conceptual Framework for Organisational Management of Personal Data in the Digital Context
Leveraging insights from the personal data of customers can improve the decision-making capability of the organisation resulting in optimised operations, products, and services. However, in the digitally connected world the organisation is increasingly challenged to protect personal data and there is greater potential for inappropriate data use or disclosure, which can result in legal, financial, and reputational consequences for the organisation. Developments brought about by digital transformation increase the requirement for more stringent approaches to personal data protection to be implemented by the organisation. In most countries, data protection is taken very seriously and enforced through strict regulations (e.g. GDPR) which every organisation who holds personal data must adhere to. However, high-profile data breaches continue to occur. Research suggests that data protection controls have not kept pace with the degree to which organisations are experimenting with digital technologies and the unprecedented data volumes. Many organisations are unable to detect when or where their data systems have been breached. In order to comply with regulatory requirements to protect personal data and avoid potentially significant legal, financial, and reputational implications of a data breach, many organisations must improve their personal data protection approaches. This paper presents the key components or 'capability building blocks' of a conceptual framework in the area of Personal Data Protection (PDP) within the organisational context. This framework was developed based on the findings or themes that emerged from a systematic literature review (SLR) in this area followed by an open innovation approach. The resultant conceptual framework can be used by organisations to undertake a holistic analysis of their personal data protection capability. The framework also includes a set of POMs (Practices, Outcomes and Metrics) which acts as a roadmap for organisations to improve upon their current level of maturity in this area to effectively protect personal data and to demonstrate that the organisation is a trustworthy data custodian.
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A Framework for Managing Cybersecurity Effectiveness in the Digital Context
The pace of digital transformation and new technology development and the growing sophistication of cyber criminals result in organisations facing greater scope and severity of cybersecurity attacks on a daily basis - estimated to cost between$375 and $ 575 billion per annum. It is anticipated that as more devices, systems, and infrastructure become interconnected and interdependent, and as more interfaces between customers, suppliers, and partners are leveraged, the IT 'attack surface' will continue to expand. Organisations vary in their approaches to attempting to prevent cybersecurity breaches: some are overly restrictive, making even routine business activities difficult, while others are too relaxed with poor oversight and inadequate protocols and procedures, creating unnecessary exposures. However, applying appropriate cybersecurity controls is now a particular necessity where digital leaders often have a higher tolerance and appetite for risktaking and experimentation to identify key opportunities for the future. Organisations now need to rethink their cybersecurity management approaches, and recognise that traditional access control and perimeter defences alone are no longer sufficient. Rather holistic and proactive approaches that continually evolve and adapt to counter emerging threats and minimise the potential negative consequences of exposure are required. Understanding how effective the organisation is in its cybersecurity efforts is a prerequisite for ensuring controls remain abreast with, and appropriate for, the changing IT threat landscape. This paper presents a cybersecurity conceptual framework that can be used by organisations to provide a holistic analysis of their cybersecurity approaches. It details the key factors or management themes underpinning cybersecurity effectiveness and how the insights gained through assessing performance against these factors or management themes can be practically used to improve cybersecurity effectiveness.
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The Inhumans. Beware the Inhumans
\"From Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Roy Thomas and Neal Adams--the titans of the Marvel Age of Comics--come the Inhumans! For the first time, the stories that defined these regal outcasts are brought together in one collection. From rare exploits and appearances in Fantastic Four to their first solo series in Amazing Adventures, the adventures of Black Bolt, Medusa, Karnak, Gorgon, Crystal and loveable Lockjaw are here. Their quest for peace will be threatened not just be a world that fears them, but by Black Bolt's own brother, Maximus the Mad, and his evil cohorts. The Inhumans is a family epic full of intrigue, as only comics' greatest creative talents could craft it--in the mighty Marvel manner!\"--Back cover.
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Evaluation of a Focus Group Approach to Developing a Survey Instrument
The use of focus groups emerged in the 1940s when Merton and Fiske started using them to conduct audience studies (Merton and Kendall, 1946; Merton et al, 1956). Today focus groups are a form of qualitative research that is commonly used in product marketing, marketing research, and sociology, to provide insights into how people think and to provide a deeper understanding of the topic being studied. Focus groups are used extensively in the IS Management domain, to explore new research areas, to collect large amounts of information on a topic in a short time, to ensure that the information collected is directly relevant to the research topic, and to utilize the \"group effect\" to allow participants to explore, develop, and clarify their points of view. However, thus far, the use and effectiveness of focus groups for this purpose has received scant attention. Hence, this paper outlines the focus group approach and evaluates its effectiveness on a specific project i.e. the development of a survey instrument that forms part of a 'cloud' adoption framework. The cloud survey instrument was developed using a collaborative and engaged scholarship approach involving subject matter experts including; academic researchers, industry-based practitioners, and consultants. Using a process of knowledge co-production, learnings from feedback and exchange of views, and evaluation of the survey in contextually diverse organizations via field testing, this approach ensured that the principles underpinning the survey were informed by leading academic insights and industry best-known practices. Based on the insights gained from the cloud adoption framework project, the paper evaluates the advantages realised and the challenges faced in adopting a focus group approach, and presents practical guidance for researchers who may adopt this research methodology in future IS or related projects.
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A Dynamic Capability Approach to Digital Transformation: a Focus on key Foundational Themes
Digital transformation requires an enterprise mind-set and impacts every function and business unit of an organization. In the digital environment, digital technology needs to become central to how the business operates, and organizations effectively need to re-think and possibly re-invent their business models, so that they continually learn from interactions with customers, suppliers, and partners in the business ecosystem in order to remain competitive. These changes require a distinct evolution from traditional thinking - changes that some organizations are undoubtedly struggling with. For effective digital transformation, organizations need to expand their focus beyond solely considering technology in isolation, to include the underlying organizational capabilities necessary to be successful with technology. In fact, there is growing acceptance that adopting a capability approach as opposed to a process-based approach to management can result in greater value generation for an organization. Successful digital transformation requires an organization to develop a wide-range of capabilities which will vary in importance depending on the business context and the specific organization's needs. Time and resource constraints, however, will undoubtedly challenge organizations that attempt to develop multiple capabilities simultaneously, and ultimately may impede the success of the digital transformation. Framed in the context of adopting a capability-based approach to digital transformation, this paper presents a review of pertinent literature, and discusses core learnings in relation to a number of key capabilities that are the foundation for digital transformation. The authors argue that instead of focusing on a holistic set of required capabilities, organizations should initially focus on developing these foundational capabilities, as they serve as a starting point for digital transformation and lead to the development of additional digital capabilities over time. The paper makes a number of contributions. From an academic stance, it conceptualises key foundational digital capabilities. From a practitioner perspective it provides practical guidance to organizations in overcoming key challenges when embarking on a digital transformation journey.
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