This paper addresses to which extent the potential adopters’ influence varies regarding the success of a communication standard during the diffusion. We take the perspective of the standards supplier, and examine how to identify the “strategically” most important actors. Those actors could...

The past decade has seen an increasing interest in IT outsourcing as it promises companies many economic benefits. In recent years, IT paradigms, such as Software-as-a-Service or Cloud Computing using third-party services, are increasingly adopted. Current studies show that IT security and data...

The increasing costs and frequency of security incidents require organizations to apply proper IT risk management. At the same time, the expanding usage of Service-oriented Architectures fosters software systems composed of cross-linked services. Therefore, it is important to develop risk...