It Takes a Village: Understanding the Collective Security Efficacy of Employee Groups

An organization’s ability to successfully manage information security incidents is determined by the actions of its employees, as well as the actions of various groups of employees within its organizational boundaries. To date, information security research has primarily focused on individual-level phenomena and has not yet explored group-level phenomena such as how employee groups recognize and respond to security incidents in a way that is consistent with the organization’s security goals and objectives. The current study addresses this gap, thereby answering the research call for group-level security research perspectives. The present study explores how employee groups formulate their collective security efficacy, which influences how group members recognize and respond to information security incidents. Using a case study of a large healthcare research organization (HRO), we analyze two security incidents, a malware attack, and a physical security breach, to identify a unique set of ecological and social properties of employee groups that are salient to their collective security efficacy

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Contains reprots on two research projects.U.S. Air Force (Contract F49620-81-C-0054)U.S. Air Force (Contract F49620-80-C-0073

What is a good job? Current perspectives on work and improved health and well-being

There is an extensive literature on the scale of, and risk factors for, stress at work, and outcomes associated with negative job characteristics and perceived stress. More recently, however, there has been a growing awareness that unemployment is harmful to health, and that work is beneficial and may be an effective way to improve health and wellbeing. However, there has been little attempt to draw together findings from this newer area. This paper gives an overview of current perspectives on work and its associations with improved health and well-being. It provides a framework for discussing the main themes which have emerged in this area. This framework allows consideration of the issues of conceptualisation, definition, approach and measurement which are important for future research. It is concluded that this area is still in its infancy, but clearly has the potential to make as influential a contribution as its negative counter-part. Currently, however, our understanding of what makes a good job and how we should conceptualise, study, and help workplaces provide that, is incomplete

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Contains report on one research project.U.S. Air Force - Office of Scientific Research (Contract F49620-80-C-0073

Model-based autonomous system for performing dexterous, human-level manipulation tasks

This article presents a model based approach to autonomous dexterous manipulation, developed as part of the DARPA Autonomous Robotic Manipulation Software (ARM-S) program. Performing human-level manipulation tasks is achieved through a novel combination of perception in uncertain environments, precise tool use, forceful dual-arm planning and control, persistent environmental tracking, and task level verification. Deliberate interaction with the environment is incorporated into planning and control strategies, which, when coupled with world estimation, allows for refinement of models and precise manipulation. The system takes advantage of sensory feedback immediately with little open-loop execution, attempting true autonomous reasoning and multi-step sequencing that adapts in the face of changing and uncertain environments. A tire change scenario utilizing human tools, discussed throughout the article, is used to described the system approach. A second scenario of cutting a wire is also presented, and is used to illustrate system component reuse and generality.United States. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Autonomous Robotic Manipulation Progra

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Contains reports on three research projects.U.S. Air Force (Contract F49620-81-C-0054)National Science Foundation (Grant ECS81-18160

The 4-(3-chloro-4-methyl­phen­yl)-1,2,3,5-dithia­diazol-3-yl radical

The asymmetric unit of the title compound, C8H6ClN2S2, comprises two mol­ecules forming a dimer via π–π stacking inter­actions [centroid–centroid distance = 3.634 (10) Å] and intra­dimer S⋯S contacts [3.012 (4) and 3.158 (4) Å] between the two mol­ecules in a cis-antarafacial arrangement