Can anyone become a Visionary Leader? This question, laid out at the onset of the book, is answered with a resounding "Yes!" throughout its chapters. Stephen R. Mason was inspired to shares his reflections on his long career as an executive in the healthcare industry. Simply put, Mason is motivated by the thought that sharing his journey and the insights he has learned along the way might be of service to others.
That journey shows up as a ...
An increasing number of civil and criminal proceedings involve the use of digital evidence across jurisdictional boundaries. Digital evidence now affects every aspect of law, including contract, employment, family, crime, intellectual property, and land law. In effect, no area of law is excluded, and digital evidence has become of greater importance now that the Internet has become ubiquitous. It is increasingly apparent that criminals and ter...
The Nursing Profession: Development, Challenges, and Opportunities is designed to be a resource for those who are interested in or touched by nursing. This book is designed in part to complement the report by the Institute of Medicine on the future of nursing.
Paal Øiestad's credit card was stolen in 2008 in Rome, and over Nok 50, 000 taken. The PIN was not written down, because it had been committed to memory. The bank claimed, without any evidence, that he was grossly negligent by keeping the PIN with the card. The Norwegian Complaints Board and the District Court agreed with the bank. Mr Øiestad was labelled a liar. While waiting for the appeal hearing, the bank wrote to him in June 2012, admitti...
Cryptography is the essential and efficient ingredient to the recipe of security solutions. With the arrival of new age communication systems and high speed networks in the future, cryptography will have a key role to play. This book talks about the crucial security challenges that the computing world is facing today and also discusses several techniques to fight against such attacks. The chapters in this book discuss various facets of cryptog...
This book presents some critical security challenges that are faced in today's computing world. It discusses, in detail, the defense mechanisms against these kinds of attacks with the help of classical and modern approaches of cryptography and other defense mechanisms. The book not only deals with theoretical and fundamental aspects of cryptography, but also talks in length about different applications of cryptographic protocols and techniques...
This book provides an overview on various methodologies and procedures of cryptography. In the times of escalating worldwide development of electronic data storage and communications, efficient security of information has become a crucial need. The most efficient tool for the protection of information is cryptography, used in a combination with other tools for assuring the security of information in all of its applications, including user auth...
As the internet grows and connects the world in new ways, information security has become significant. The book combines perspectives of the leading researchers in the field of trust management and information security and discusses important theories and practical methods. It presents a holistic view of security management, risk management and the formulation of security policies. The text also presents various security models, information ma...
The security of digital databases has become increasingly important in the context of modern business set-ups today. There has been a lot of emphasis on innovating and improving cyber security systems for preventing theft or hacking of vital information and databases. This book includes concepts such as developing cyber security architecture and software, assessing various cyber threats, emerging trends in cyber security, etc. that tries to ou...
This book, first published in 1982, presents a comprehensive introduction to studies of the singular chemical and physical properties of chiral molecules, both organic and inorganic.
Extensive discoveries have been made about the roles of the neurotransmitter substances noradrenaline and dopamine in human beings as well as in experimental animals.
