...College Abstract Retinal biometric security is a newer technology that is becoming increasingly popular, and with its advances in technology and increase in product suppliers, it’s undeniable that this is a growing methodology with surefire longevity. This method of biometric security is based on a retinal scan that involves the use of a low-intensity coherent light source projected onto the retina to illuminate the blood vessels, which are photographed and analyzed. Due to the intricacies, a retina scan cannot be replicated, as it is impossible to forge a human retina. Because of this fact, a retinal scan has an error rate of 1 in 10 million; compared to fingerprint identification error rates sometimes as high as 1 in 500 (Biometric Newsportal, n.d.). In all its greatness, as with any technology, it comes with both advantages and disadvantages throughout the various phases of implementation. With the pros vastly outweighing the cons, retinal biometrics has still created its own namespace and presence in the world of technology. With current retinal biometric applications and technologies being implemented in the financial, government, medical, and mobile sectors, it’s safe to bet that there is a great future laying ahead for this area of biometrics. Although there maybe anticipated competition, retinal scanning is currently leading the pack of biometrics methodologies and the trends prove that this will remain the case for many years to come. Retinal Biometric Security ...
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...[pic] Password Security And Other Effective Authentication Methods [pic] Table of Contents Introduction 1 User Accounts 1 Account and Password Policy 2 Password Attacks 4 Authentication Methods and Password Management 5 Public Key Infrastructure 6 Single Sign-On (SSO) 6 One-Time Password (OTP) Tokens 7 Biometrics 7 Fingerprints 7 Face Scans 7 Retina Scans 7 Iris Scans 7 Palm Scans 8 Hand Geometry 8 Heart Patterns 8 Voice Pattern Recognition 8 Signature Dynamics 8 Keystroke Patterns 8 Password Managers 8 Conclusion 9 Bibliography 10 Introduction Human beings are arguably the weakest link in computer and information security. People pose such a significant threat to their own computer networks and personal information simply because they don’t keep password security in the forefront of their mind. This is one of the reasons passwords are considered a poor security mechanism. Still, passwords are the most common method for user authentication on computer systems and websites. Passwords are so easily hacked and used to steal personal information such as bank account credentials, credit card numbers, etcetera, contributing to the significant growth of identity theft, most of which could be prevented by using strong passwords and not writing them down. End user education on more secure authentication methods such as strong password creations and two factor authentication can help to improve cyber security for...
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...improve the police departments to make it better. We want to know our residents and our police officers are safe. The FBI and the police departments have come up with a group called the police futurists group. They are forecasting and working on strategies to ethically maximize the effectiveness of local, state, federal, and international law enforcement, while they strive to maintain peace and security. They are coming up with different ways to do a better job in the future. I think all the tools they have come up with are exceptional and they help save lives and catch crooks. I think the database they all share is a major tool. It is exceptional that all departments work together the way they do and they all help each other. I like the database they set up with the fingerprints and DNA included, and they can find a criminal that matches in seconds. They also have a License Plate reader, and they can use that one for kidnappings, and bank robberies, and they can also use it for catching terrorists if they have the information ahead of time. They have included cold case crimes to look at again and run DNA tests and try to solve them again. They establish a means for using cold sex crime cases to supplement current investigations constituted a creative vision that has become a monumental success for the Police department. Technology, old-fashioned police work, victim advocacy, and interagency cooperation need to work in harmony to...
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...Part A Perceiving through different factors and variables that could have an impact on an organization’s marketing capability, GNC would need to cursorily examine it’s marketing environment. (Evans, M 1988) highlights the rules and regulations, effects of governments, changes in technology and the implications of societal changes as the basis of marketing environment, which ultimately influence impinging on marketing. These forces fall within the macro environment of PESTL frame. As the name indicates, macro environmental factors are the forces prevailing in the external environment of the organisation. Macro environmental variables include political, economical, socio-cultural, technological, and legal forces, having bearing on the industry and business players (Popkin, B.M Duffey, K & Gordon Larsen, P 2005) Business firms and industries have no control over such factors and thus are bound to adapt and act in accordance with macro environmental forces in order to exist and sustain in the marketplace. Thus, these variables would be considered as a ramification to such a supplementary industry, which in this case is “GNC”. POLITICAL: Political factors are one of the major macro environmental force affecting multi vitamin industries and related business firms. It takes into account legislations, market regulations, government stability and trade agreements (Mashhadi, AM & Ijaz-Ur-Rehman, Q 2012). Australian government has formulated quite strict and confined set of regulations...
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...Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare Sponsored by Implementation Guide for the Use of Bar Code Technology in Healthcare © 2003 HIMSS 230 E. Ohio St., Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60611 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, adapted, translated, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. HIBCC ® and HIN® System are trademarks of the Health Industry Business Communications Council. ISBN: 0-9725371-2-0 Table of Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .v Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .vii Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xi Chapter 1: The Basics What is a bar code? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1 How can you benefit from bar coding? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...the physical fitness industry, I have created an environmental scan for Fitness Connection in order for them to assess the threats and implement a plan of action to ensure that the impact is minimal. The components of the environmental scan are comprised of information addressing the following: 1) Create an environmental scan for the company indicating the most significant environmental threats and discuss how the company should respond to each threat to ensure that the impact to the business is minimal. 2) Based on the environmental scan, evaluate the company’s strengths and evaluate how the company can leverage these strengths so as to yield a competitive advantage in the marketplace. 3) Identify a significant competitor for the company and assess how your company will compete against it to maximize profits and create value for stakeholders. 4) Assume that the U.S. economy is in a state of decline requiring modifications to the strategy. Evaluate how the strategy should be modified. Provide a justification of how this will help the company continue to compete in the marketplace. 5) Evaluate how global competition may impact the business strategy and determine how the company should respond. With the implementation of these responses to threats and modifications to their strategic strategy, Fitness Connection will be able to maintain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. Create an environmental scan for the company indicating the most significant environmental...
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...can think about that in a complete way. Those decisions take place in the subconscious part of the brain” (2008). The drive behind neuromarketing is to discover how consumers are actually responding to marketing messages, not how they report they are responding, or will respond. Neuromarketing studies consumers' response to marketing stimuli and matches that response to different areas of the brain. This research will explore neuromarketing history, levels of the brain, neuroimaging techniques used, advertising effectiveness of neuromarketing and some challenges facing this new field. History In 1991, Dr. David Lewis-Hodgson, Minilab chairman and director of research, began Neuromarketing research in the United States, after stumbling upon it when he was researching treatments for phobic anxiety and stress (Lewis, 2010). Shortly after, marketers from large companies such as Coca-Cola, Levi-Strauss, Ford and Delta Airlines became interested in these findings and created research labs specialized in neuroscience. These companies were very interested in how the brain was affected by media stimuli. In 2001, Bright House Neurostrategies Group was among the first to market commercial studies fundamentally on neuromarketing. However, the actual term, “neuromarketing”, was not...
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...June 2012 • www.Mojo3Dprinting.com • 10 CASE STUDIES A New Mindset in Product Design 3D printing can help bring better products to market faster By Stratasys Inc. What is 3D printing? The terms “3D printing” and “additive manufacturing” refer to processes that automatically build objects layer by layer from computer data. The technology is already well-used in many sectors including transportation, health care, military and education. Uses include building concept models, functional prototypes, factory tooling (such as molds and robot-arm ends), and even finished goods (such as aircraft internal components). The aerospace and medical industries in particular have developed advanced applications for 3D printing. 3D printing is sometimes referred to as “rapid prototyping,” but this term does not encompass all current uses for the technology. Materials used in 3D printing include resins, plastics and, in some cases, metal. 3D PRINTER Since 3D printing’s inception, system reliability and model quality have increased, resulting in diverse applications. At the same time, prices have gone down to the point where some systems are affordable even for small businesses. In a 2011 report, Wohlers Associates predicted that worldwide annual sales of additive manufacturing systems will reach 15,000 units by 2015 — more than double the 2010 rate. Lower-priced professional systems will drive most of this growth.1 In FDM Technology™, printer software on the user’s Windows network...
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...the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London, W1T 4LP, UK, without the permission in writing of the Publisher. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, England, or emailed to permreq@wiley.com, or faxed to (44) 1243 770620. Trademarks: Wiley, the Wiley Publishing logo, For Dummies, the Dummies Man logo, A Reference for the Rest of Us!, The Dummies Way, Dummies Daily, The Fun and Easy Way, Dummies.com and related trade dress are trademarks or registered trademarks of John Wiley & Sons, Inc. and/or its affiliates in the United States and other countries, and may not be used without written permission. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Wiley Publishing, Inc., is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. LIMIT OF LIABILITY/DISCLAIMER OF...
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...Patton-Fuller Community Hospital IT Department Patton-Fuller Community Hospital (PFCH) has capacity to accommodate more than 600 patients at time. They have more than 600-beds. Due to raising health care costs this community hospital is also being affected, but on the other hand they have to maintain the quality health care services. Due to the seriousness of the latest economic recession, U.S. dollars of investment have been the organizations "slow." Therefore, it is necessary to reconsider the existing staff of PFCH business model, and consider the transformation of them, to enable them to compete in today's economic climate. Current Business System The Facilities Department's proposed, emergency room remodeling will include the use of environmentally friendly materials. In an effort to reduce waste, all e-mails will be water marked "Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail." This is an important piece in the hospital ERP system and implementation of reasons to reduce paperwork. The Fund's policies and procedures outlined manually equipment tracking asset inventory, including risk assessment, use of equipment, employee training in the use, equipment maintenance agreement, compliance. The various hospital departments are individually responsible for the procurement of equipment, training, and all electrical and mechanical equipment maintenance costs for their area. Chief compliance officer, Frederick Adair, monitors personal...
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...QUALYSGUARD® ROLLOUT GUIDE July 12, 2012 Copyright 2011-2012 by Qualys, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Qualys, the Qualys logo and QualysGuard are registered trademarks of Qualys, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Qualys, Inc. 1600 Bridge Parkway Redwood Shores, CA 94065 1 (650) 801 6100 Preface Chapter 1 Introduction Operationalizing Security and Policy Compliance..................................................... 10 QualysGuard Best Practices ........................................................................................... 11 Chapter 2 Rollout First Steps First Login......................................................................................................................... Complete the User Registration.......................................................................... Your Home Page................................................................................................... View Host Assets .................................................................................................. Add Hosts .............................................................................................................. Remove IPs from the Subscription..................................................................... Add Virtual Hosts ................................................................................................ Check Network Access to Scanners .....................................
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...or programs. No matter the severity of the virus and its symptoms they should be dealt with by an up-to-date anti-virus program and security software, as systems with out-of-date protection are more susceptible and at risk. I agree that computer viruses are a major threat to business information systems because it is a way for hacker to gather useful information about a company and harm them. According to CNN workplace computer virus infections are up forty-eight percent over last year due to the increased spread of macro viruses usually found in files attached to E-mail, according to the International Computer Security Association, Inc. The number of infections per one thousand personal computers was twenty-one point fourty-five in nineteen ninty-seven; it's now at thirty-one point eighty-five, said the ICSA, in Carlisle, Pa. The study is based on a survey of some 300 corporations and corporate sites, representing some 750,000 PCs and servers. The rising virus epidemic can be blamed on macro viruses in Microsoft Word documents sent as attached files over the Internet. But it's not only the ease of sending infected documents that is increasing the number of infections; it's that writing a macro is so simple, said John Wheat, who works in the virus area of ICSA. "Word viruses are so easy to write," Wheat said. "You purchase a copy of MS Office, and you have all the tools you need," he said. Aside from ensuring that...
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...to chat, Farrell used the near-collision as an opportunity to quickly mention a recent conversation with a nurse from Falmouth Hospital on Cape Cod. An active participant in the TeleStroke service, Falmouth Hospital was regularly honored for its adherence to best practices in stroke care. “Recently some Falmouth nurses asked how we can convince other MGH departments—such as in critical-care pediatrics—to provide similar telemedicine consultation services,” Farrell stated, adding “Their nurse stroke coordinator, Jean Estes, is a huge cheerleader for TeleStroke.” Dr. Schwamm continued moving toward his office as he replied, No tC Shawn, don’t we already have too much to do? I need to see patients, complete the analysis for a study I am working on, submit a grant application. Next week I will speak at an international neurology conference. Telemedicine can certainly be invaluable in many clinical domains, but there just are not enough hours in the day for us to get involved beyond stroke care. Before entering his office and shutting his door, Dr. Schwamm added one last remark: “We can’t do everything, Shawn—but we can do TeleStroke very well.” Shawn Farrell was not a medical doctor. A graduate of the Boston University School of Management, he had worked as an operational manager in several Boston area hospitals...
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...Biometrics Technology in Healthcare sector Miss Chawisa Srisinthara Mr. Sangsan Poonyapotapirata Miss Chadaporn Champangoen Miss Tanwarat Trangpanich Mr. Ekapol Koosuwan NIDA Business School National Institute of Development Administration 118 Seri Thai Road, Bangkapi, Bangkok 10240, Thailand Email : Caocao_akatsuki@hotmail.com Tel. +66890710010 Biometrics Technology in Healthcare sector ABSTRACT Nowadays, Biometrics has become an important system in a process for all industries due to this technology can help the companies to manage the data such as gathering, integration, and summary. The companies can also apply this system in every working process steps. Besides, the data can be transferred from paper-based data into computer-based data which is convenience, safety, and accuracy. Moreover, The Biometrics system provides excellence operation and improves productivity. Especially, the biometrics system should be executed in healthcare industry because the patient information is classified and considerable for healthcare providers. 1. Introduction The “Biometrics” is the combination of “Bio” which means a creature and “Metrics” which means a characteristic that can be measured and estimated an amount. So, Biometrics is the biological technology that integrates between biological, medical, and computer technology. It use for measure physiological characteristics and behaviors that is the individual character of each person for identification...
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...Medical Device Networking for Smarter Healthcare: Part 3 Next-Generation WLAN Deployments in Hospitals Lantronix, Inc. 167 Technology Drive Irvine, CA 92618 Tel: +1 (800) 422-7055 Fax: +1 (949) 450-7232 www.lantronix.com Medical Device Networking for Smarter Healthcare: Part 3 of 4 Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................................................... 3 Wireless Roll-outs........................................................................................................................................... 5 Medical Device Connectivity / Mobile Carts .......................................................................................... 5 Handheld Devices .................................................................................................................................... 6 Computer-based Physician Order Entry (CPOE)..................................................................................... 7 Next-Generation Wireless Applications ......................................................................................................... 7 Location-based Services .......................................................................................................................... 7 Voice-over-WLAN .................................................................................................................................. 8 Internet/Intranet...
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