Security and privacy are key considerations for individuals and organizations conducting increasing amounts of business and sharing considerable amounts of information online. Optimizing Information Security and Advancing Privacy Assurance: New Technologies reviews issues and trends in security and privacy at an individual user level, as well as within global enterprises. Enforcement of existing security technologies, factors driving their use, and goals for ensuring the continued security of information systems are discussed in this multidisciplinary collection of research, with the primary aim being the continuation and promotion of methods and theories in this far-reaching discipline.
Hamid Nemati is an associate professor of information systems in the Department of Information Systems and Operations Management at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He holds a doctorate from the University of Georgia and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts. Before coming to UNCG, he was on the faculty of J. Mack Robinson College of Business Administration at Georgia State University. He has extensive professional experience in various consulting, business intelligence, and analyst positions and has consulted for a number of major organizations. His research specialization is in the areas of decision support systems, data warehousing, data mining, knowledge management, and information privacy and security. He has presented numerous research and scholarly papers nationally and internationally. His articles have appeared in a number of premier professional and scholarly journals.