Essays on New Security

A general move to broaden the security agenda occurred during the 1980s by expanding the focus from the security of the state or the nation to an alternative focus on the security of the people, or the global collective. The human security can be affected by economic welfare, environmental concerns, cultural identity, political rights, and military issues. In recent years, environmental degradation is increasingly being considered as a security problem by not just the environmental activists but also the security establishment as they have become more responsive to the idea. In late 1989, the journal of the International Institute ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Introduction

The constant development in almost every aspect of the society has led to a lot of new inventions, needs, and growing trends. With growing population all around the world, new businesses have been formed while the existing business has grown. Security issues have also been in the spotlight with different incidences and threat on different aspect demanding for an improved security system (Wilson, & McCreight, 2012). There has always been the need to advance security measure throughout history as security issues are prone to societal changes and advancement of technology and know-how. Currently, most security measures that were being used ...

Introduction

This chapter gives an analysis of the results of the study to derive insights on why insider threats remains to be one of the leading and challenging security issues to deal with. The results of the study present a vague picture of what motivates insider threats in private organizations. The questions of why, what and how will be answered with references to the data obtained from the study. This section also demonstrates the actions taken by organizations and tries to link it with theoretical frameworks and pool of knowledge developed by earlier scholars.

Analysis

The belief that insider threats ...

Security studies approaches have evolved over time in the international arena. In the globe currently, there are major driving forces that influence the advancement of global security studies. The reasons cited for this change include deep power politics, technological innovation and crucial events in the international security arena. Moreover, other reasons include institutionalization, local dynamics of intellectual deliberations. It is of immense significance to discover which forces are of massive significance that makes the decision in denoting a security incident. (Mukherjee, 2013). Core factors like realism and liberalism also feature prominently in the discourse of regionalization of security matters in ...

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Global Marketing Benefits Everyone

US President Barak Obama stated in his address in Everett, Washington, at Boeing on February 17, 2012 to its employees, “and in a global economy, some companies are always going to find it more profitable to pick up and do business in other parts of the world. That’s just the nature of a global economy. But what that does not mean that we’ve got to just sit there and settle for a lesser future. I don’t accept that idea. You don’t accept that idea. America is a place where we can always do something to create new jobs, ...

- Situation Analysis Cardexx had recently experienced several changes because the new CEO was appointed. Leadership style had changed. There were changes in technology and operations observed as well. The new opportunities emerged as a result of focus on innovations and availability of higher quality data.

After careful analysis of the situation that occurred at Cardexx, the following challenges were identified:

• operating in a highly competitive environment; • problems with security; • poor leadership; • absence of coherence in the teams. Cardexx faced tough competition from the side of Visa and MasterCard. Cash is also seen as a substitute product to the payment cards. Thus, a new operational process is needed to offer either new or ...

Programmer Ethics and Professionalism in Strategic Systems Development: A Case Study

A team of four programmers was given the task of developing new software to be sold Bogart Engineers and Constructors, Inc. Two of the programmers, Roy Johnson and Jerry Williams, took advantage of their position in the company as developers of Engineers and Constructors, Inc. proprietary software. The two programmers broke the seventh and tenth commandments of the 10 Commandments of Computer Ethics – ‘7 Thou shalt not use other people’s computer resources without authorization or proper compensation’ and ‘10 Thou shalt always use a computer in ways the insure consideration and respect for your fellow humans.’ The men were ...

Opening Statement

Global security has been a thorny issue since the cold war era. However the notion of global security has over the years changed. Terrorism attacks in various nations like the 9/11 in the United States created a shift to a new security paradigm. Policy entrepreneurs have used the increasing complexity in the description of security to articulate for the secularization of policy areas that were not initially thought to be vulnerable entry points to of terrorists into states. For example, since 9/11 the department of immigration in the United States has been highly securitized. In fact, the department of immigration converted all ...