"This book brings together the best practices for storing massive amounts of data by highlighting ways cloud services can work effectively in production and in real time in various disciplines, such as computer science, consulting, information technology, information and communi…
"This book provides a new point of departure for thinking critically and creatively about international borders and the perceived need to defend these, adopting an innovative 'preferred future' methodology. The authors critically examine a range of 'border domains' including law…
Internet giants, leading retailers, and other firms are voraciously gathering data with little oversight from anyone. In Las Vegas, no company knows the value of data better than Caesars Entertainment. Thousands of clients pour through the ever-open doors of their casinos. The s…
"Nicht alle Salafisten sind Terroristen, aber alle uns bekannten islamistischen Terrorverdächtigen haben einen salafistischen Hintergrund."So beschreiben deutsche Innenpolitiker ein wachsendes Problem: Junge Menschen brechen auf, um in den Krieg nach Syrien oder in den Irak zu z…
"Internet Privacy Rights analyses the current threats to our online autonomy and privacy and proposes a new model for the gathering, retention and use of personal data. Key to the model is the development of specific privacy rights: a right to roam the Internet with privacy, a r…
The Internet has transformed the manner in which information is exchanged and business is conducted, arguably more than any other communication development in the past century. Despite its wide reach and powerful global influence, it is a medium uncontrolled by any one centraliz…
"It's our thesis that privacy will be an integral part of the next wave in the technology revolution and that innovators who are emphasizing privacy as an integral part of the product life cycle are on the right track." --The authors of The Privacy Engineer's Manifesto The Priva…
Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinar…
This book addresses the issue of grand strategic stability in the 21 st century, and examines the role of the key centres of global power - US, EU, Russia, China and India - in managing contemporary strategic threats. This edited volume examines the cooperative and conflictual c…
"Cyber warfare is gaining prominence as a serious tactic in military conflicts throughout the world. And, as the most network-dependent nation on earth, the United States is the most vulnerable. Military expert and author Paul J. Springer examines the many facets of cyber combat…
A thrilling, exclusive exposé of the hacker collectives Anonymous and LulzSec.
The European Union (EU) Commission champions a 'migrant-centred' approach to border security and 'irregular' migration management: it claims not only to observe human rights, but also to use surveillance to enhance the humanitarian protection of 'endangered' lives on land and at…
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at the end of the Cold War - Politics of history in Russia - Gorbachev, Perestroika and Glasnost - Atheism, and informal social networks - Soviet cultural diplomacy - Danish diplomacy and the Baltic question - Normalization regime in Czechoslovakia …
"This book examines the role of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in the downfall of the Soviet Union at the peaceful end of the Cold War. It includes groundbreaking, archives-based research on important facets of the Soviet collapse" Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at the end of the…
