Understanding information security culture: a survey in small and medium sized enterprises

Information security is a relevant fact for current organizations. There are factors inextricably linked to this issue, and one cannot talk about information security in an organization without addressing and understanding the information security culture of that institution. Maximizing the organizational culture within an organization will enable the safeguard of information security. For that, we need to understand which the inhibiting and the enabling factors are. This paper contributes to point out those factors by presenting the results of a survey concerning information security culture in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). We discuss the results in the light of related literature, and we identify future works aiming to enhance information security within organizations

Collisions of highly charged ions with electrons, atoms and surfaces

At the Oak Ridge Multicharged Ion Source Facility, an experimental atomic collisions physics program is centered around a recently upgraded Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) multicharged ion source. The 10 GHz CAPRICE source has been in operation since October 22, 1992, and has provided more intense, higher charge ion beams than our previous ECR ion source. Intense metallic beams have recently become available with the installation of a metallic oven on the source. In addition to measurements of electron-impact excitation, carried out in collaboration with the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), experiments are presently on-line to study electron-impact ionization, low-energy ion-atom collisions, and ion-surface interactions. A brief summary of our various activities with an emphasis on the new capabilities is presented

An Examination of Chimpanzee Use in Human Cancer Research

Advocates of chimpanzee research claim the genetic similarity of humans and chimpanzees make them an indispensable research tool to combat human diseases. Given that cancer is a leading cause of human death worldwide, one might expect that if chimpanzees were needed for, or were productive in, cancer research, then they would have been widely used. This comprehensive literature analysis reveals that chimpanzees have scarcely been used in any form of cancer research, and that chimpanzee tumours are extremely rare and biologically different from human cancers. Often, chimpanzee citations described peripheral use of chimpanzee cells and genetic material in predominantly human genomic studies. Papers describing potential new cancer therapies noted significant concerns regarding the chimpanzee model. Other studies described interventions that have not been pursued clinically. Finally, available evidence indicates that chimpanzees are not essential in the development of therapeutic monoclonal antibodies. It would therefore be unscientific to claim that chimpanzees are vital to cancer research. On the contrary, it is reasonable to conclude that cancer research would not suffer, if the use of chimpanzees for this purpose were prohibited in the US. Genetic differences between humans and chimpanzees, make them an unsuitable model for cancer, as well as other human diseases

Ion source studies at the ORNL ECR source facility

Using high resolution magnetic analysis, we have measured energy spreads of Ar/sup +q/ (1 < q < 12) ion beams extracted from the ORNL ECR ion source under a number of different ECR plasma conditions. The measured energy spreads for the different charge states fall in the range 8 to 20 eV per charge and are all roughly proportional to the ion charge. In addition, we have used a combination of magnetic and electrostatic analysis to investigate the high charge state tail of the extracted Ar/sup +q/ charge state distribution. Charge states up to +16 have been positively identified; in addition, tentative identification of extracted Ar/sup +17/ ions has been made, with total intensity in the range 10 to 20 kHz. 6 refs., 7 figs

Multidisciplinaire richtlijn: Bevorderen van veilig gedrag in productieomgevingen

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Achtergronddocument behorende bij de multidisciplinaire richtlijn: Bevorderen van veilig gedrag in productieomgevingen

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The tricks of the trade: Lessons from the program Improving Occupational Safety (VAV)

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Weten wat werkt: Tien tips voor vergroting van de arbeidsveiligheid

Onlangs zijn zestien verbetertrajecten van het programma Versterking Arbeidsveiligheid geëvalueerd door de TU Delft. De onderzoekers zijn opnieuw bij de bedrijven op bezoek gegaan en hebben ditmaal niet alleen gesproken met veiligheidskundigen maar ook met directieleden.Values and TechnologyTechnology, Policy and Managemen

Maakbare veiligheid: Multidisciplinaire richtlijn bevorderen van veilig gedrag in productieomgevingen

Door veilig gedrag te bevorderen zijn werkplekken veiliger te maken. Door risico’s te herkennen, onderkennen en beheersen. Deze nieuwe, evidence-based richtlijn is een hulpmiddel voor arboprofessionals en werkgevers voor veiliger gedrag in de 'maakindustrie'.Values, Technology and InnovationTechnology, Policy and Managemen