Enterprise architecture management provides the mechanism for governing enterprise transformations required by changes in the environment. In this article, the authors focus on changes that result from the analysis of information system risks and of their impacts on the services delivered by the...

The term security assurance has been used in the computer science literature to express theconfidence that one has in the strength of the security measures. The need for a methodology tomeasure current security assurance levels of a system has been reported in the literature as vital inorder to...

In today's world, where most of the critical infrastructures are based on distributed systems, security failures have become very common, even within large corporations. A system with security loopholes can be damaging for companies, both in terms of reputation and finances, while customers are...

Security is a major target for today’s information systems (IS) designers. Security modelling languages exist to reason on security in the early phases of IS development, when the most crucial design decisions are made. Reasoning on security involves analysing risk, and effectively...

Traumatic injury is the third leading cause of death in the United States and is the leading cause of death among people aged 1-44. Regional trauma care systems can significantly reduce this mortality rate if resources are located and used appropriately. Trauma centers are categorized as able to...