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Jigo Emmanuel - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Development of Criteria for Mobile Device Cybersecurity Threat Classification and Communication Standards (CTC&CS)
NSUWorks, 2020Co-Authors: Jigo EmmanuelAbstract:The increasing use of mobile devices and the unfettered access to cyberspace has introduced new threats to users. Mobile device users are continually being targeted for cybersecurity threats via vectors such as public information sharing on social media, user surveillance (geolocation, camera, etc.), phishing, malware, spyware, trojans, and keyloggers. Users are often uninformed about the cybersecurity threats posed by mobile devices. Users are held responsible for the security of their device that includes taking precautions against cybersecurity threats. In recent years, financial institutions are passing the costs associated with fraud to the users because of the lack of security. The purpose of this study was to design, develop, and empirically test new criteria for a Cybersecurity Threats Classification and Communication Standard (CTC&CS) for mobile devices. The conceptual foundation is based on the philosophy behind the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of Labels and Pictograms that is mainly focused on chemical substances. This study extended the HCS framework as a model to support new criteria for cybersecurity classification and Communication Standards. This study involved three phases. The first phase conducted two rounds of the Delphi technique and collected quantitative data from 26 Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in round one and 22 SMEs in round two through an anonymous online survey. Results of Phase 1 emerged with six threats categories and 62 cybersecurity threats. Phase 2 operationalized the elicited and validated criteria into pictograms, labels, and safety data sheets. Using the results of phase one as a foundation, two to three pictograms, labels, and safety data sheets (SDSs) from each of the categories identified in phase one were developed, and quantitative data were collected in two rounds of the Delphi technique from 24 and 19 SMEs respectively through an online survey and analyzed. Phase 3, the main data collection phase, empirically evaluated the developed and validated pictograms, labels, and safety data sheets for their perceived effectiveness as well as performed an analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) with 208 non-IT professional mobile device users. The results of this study showed that pictograms were highly effective; this means the participants were satisfied with the characteristics of the pictograms such as color, shapes, visual complexity, and found these characteristics valuable. On the other hand, labels and Safety Data Sheets (SDS) did not show to be effective, meaning the participants were not satisfied or lacked to identify importance with the characteristics of labels and SDS. Furthermore, the ANCOVA results showed significant differences in perceived effectiveness with SDSs with education and a marginal significance level with labels when controlled for the number of years of mobile device use. Based on the results, future research implications can observe discrepancies of pictogram effectiveness between different educational levels and reading levels. Also, research should focus on identifying the most effective designs for pictograms within the cybersecurity context. Finally, longitudinal studies should be performed to understand the aspects that affect the effectiveness of pictograms
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Towards the Development of Criteria for Mobile Device Cybersecurity Threat Classification and Communication Standard (CTC&CS)
DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2018Co-Authors: Jigo Emmanuel, Levy YairAbstract:Mobile devices are increasingly reshaping how users go about their daily lives. The increasing use of mobile devices and the unfettered access to cyberspace has introduced new threats to users. Thus, mobile device users are continually being targeted for cybersecurity threats via vectors such as: public information sharing on social media, user surveillance (geo-location, camera, etc.), phishing, malware, spyware, trojans, as well as keyloggers. However, in majority of the cases, users are uninformed of the cybersecurity threats posed by mobile devices upon purchasing it. Further, users are expected to be responsible for the security of their devices, and in recent years, financial institutions are passing the costs associated with fraud to the users due to their lack of such security. Thus, the purpose of this work-in-progress research is to design, develop, and empirically test new criteria for a Cybersecurity Threats Classification and Communication Standard (CTC&CS) for mobile devices. The theoretical foundation for this work is based on the philosophy behind the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of Labels and Pictograms that is mainly focused on chemical substances. This research will attempt to extend HCS into the cybersecurity realms and is proposed to involve three phases: The first phase will utilize the Delphi technique to design and validate the initial criteria with cybersecurity Subject Matter Experts (SMEs); Phase 2 will operationalize the elicited and validated criteria into labels, pictograms, as well as safety data sheets; while Phase 3 will empirically test the use of the previously developed and validated criteria on a group of 100 mobile users when it comes to identify and take precautions against the cybersecurity threats depicted in the criteria
Levy Yair - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Towards the Development of Criteria for Mobile Device Cybersecurity Threat Classification and Communication Standard (CTC&CS)
DigitalCommons@Kennesaw State University, 2018Co-Authors: Jigo Emmanuel, Levy YairAbstract:Mobile devices are increasingly reshaping how users go about their daily lives. The increasing use of mobile devices and the unfettered access to cyberspace has introduced new threats to users. Thus, mobile device users are continually being targeted for cybersecurity threats via vectors such as: public information sharing on social media, user surveillance (geo-location, camera, etc.), phishing, malware, spyware, trojans, as well as keyloggers. However, in majority of the cases, users are uninformed of the cybersecurity threats posed by mobile devices upon purchasing it. Further, users are expected to be responsible for the security of their devices, and in recent years, financial institutions are passing the costs associated with fraud to the users due to their lack of such security. Thus, the purpose of this work-in-progress research is to design, develop, and empirically test new criteria for a Cybersecurity Threats Classification and Communication Standard (CTC&CS) for mobile devices. The theoretical foundation for this work is based on the philosophy behind the United States Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)’s Hazard Communication Standard (HCS) of Labels and Pictograms that is mainly focused on chemical substances. This research will attempt to extend HCS into the cybersecurity realms and is proposed to involve three phases: The first phase will utilize the Delphi technique to design and validate the initial criteria with cybersecurity Subject Matter Experts (SMEs); Phase 2 will operationalize the elicited and validated criteria into labels, pictograms, as well as safety data sheets; while Phase 3 will empirically test the use of the previously developed and validated criteria on a group of 100 mobile users when it comes to identify and take precautions against the cybersecurity threats depicted in the criteria
Janie L Gittleman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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an intervention effectiveness study of Hazard awareness training in the construction building trades
Public Health Reports, 2009Co-Authors: Rosemary K Sokas, Emile Jorgensen, Leslie Nickels, Weihua Gao, Janie L GittlemanAbstract:The construction industry consistently ranks as one of the most Hazardous in the U.S. for both fatal and non-fatal traumatic injury rates.1,2 Construction work accounts for the highest number of fatal occupational injuries in the U.S., and this number is increasing. Falls from heights remain the leading cause of fatal traumatic injury in this industry, followed by struck-by incidents, and contact with an electric current. Significant challenges to reducing injury rates include worksite and job task characteristics, work organization, worker training, and an increase in the informal work sector, which has been accompanied by an increase in the proportion of immigrant workers. In 2000, the proportion of self-identified Hispanic workers in construction reached 15%, of whom 74% were born outside the U.S. and nearly one-third spoke only Spanish. The rate of fatal occupational injury in this population was almost twice that of other construction workers (relative risk [RR] = 1.84, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.60, 2.10).2 The effect of immigration status overlaps with reports of ethnicity. Of the 2.3 million foreign-born construction workers in the U.S. in 2005, 59% were born in Mexico and an additional 25% were born in other countries in Latin America. By 2005, 27% of construction workers self-identified as Hispanic and one-quarter of construction workers reported speaking a language other than English in the home.3 Loh and Richardson explored all traumatic occupational fatalities reported through the Census of Fatal Occupational Injury between 1996 and 2001, and determined that the excess rate of fatal injury among Hispanic workers occurred only among foreign-born Hispanic workers, while U.S.-born Hispanic workers had fatal injury rates that were identical to the rest of the U.S. workforce.4 Occupational safety and health training programs and effectiveness research have explored primarily the effectiveness of safety and health training in fixed-site manufacturing and among Hazardous waste workers. This research was spurred chiefly by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard and by the Superfund Amendment and Reauthorization Act of 1986, both of which expanded requirements for worker training. Active participation in problem identification and problem solving contribute to effecting measurable change.5–8 However, peer-reviewed evaluation of the effectiveness of training in the construction sector is limited. A study of plumbers and pipefitters in western Ohio demonstrated a reduction in injuries among workers who had received jobsite safety orientation, although the impact of safety awareness training (equivalent to the OSHA 10-hour course) could not be determined.9 Dong et al. evaluated health insurance records, union training records, and workers' compensation data for the two-year period 1993–1994 for more than 8,000 laborers in Washington State. Laborers who had completed an OSHA training program experienced a 12% decrease in workers' compensation costs (95% CI 0.75, 1.02).10 Studies of workplace health and safety also emphasize the importance of factors such as supervisory support, provision of appropriate equipment, training on use of equipment, and active worker participation, among other considerations that determine safety climate—the perception by workers that safety is valued in their organization.11–13 The importance of reinforcing classroom learning with on-site job safety has been emphasized for younger workers in particular. In one study of youth in farm settings, safety training of the youth alone failed to have any impact.14 A recent study of apprentice (novice) carpenters beginning on-the-job training in residential construction demonstrated wide variability in the quality of jobsite mentoring that often resulted in a lack of support for safe work practices learned in the classroom and consequent failure to follow them.15 A growing body of information evaluating the role that safety climate plays in general industry has more recently been applied to construction sites.16–22 Safety climate has been associated with injury occurrence and with injury severity in construction workers,19,20 and appears to be linked to injury and illness in Latino poultry workers.21 To address the unique challenges posed by construction sites, OSHA adapted its 10-hour Hazard-awareness training program to specifically target construction workers. CPWR (formerly the Center to Protect Workers' Rights, now the Center for Construction Research and Training) subsequently developed the Smart Mark curriculum for the OSHA 10- and 30-hour training programs for the members of building trades unions under the guidance of the Construction Industry Partnership in 1997–1998. Smart Mark Hazard-awareness training is frequently incorporated into the apprenticeship (or pre-apprenticeship) training programs for the building trades, and is presented differently to apprentices (i.e., students enrolled in formal training that includes practical experience as well as classroom teaching) and journeymen (i.e., workers who have entered a trade and are working for others). The 10-hour program includes up to 10 of the 13 available training programs or modules, selected on the basis of relevance to the particular trade. Apprenticeship programs vary in length and content by trade, but in general alternate classroom, hands-on controlled workshop activities, and actual on-the-job experience in work settings. This pilot study was conducted to (1) assess the impact of Hazard awareness training on baseline knowledge, attitudes, and work practices among roofers and pipefitters and (2) identify potential changes in safety climate. Because one of the unions included a significant proportion of members who were born in Mexico, demographic differences were explored in this group. This article describes baseline demographics of participating workers; the relationship to baseline knowledge, attitudes, and self-reported practices regarding fall and electrical safety Hazards; and changes in knowledge and attitudes following the training intervention among a paired subset of workers.
J M Daly - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the osha Hazard Communication Standard s impact on wire and cable
Record of Conference Papers. IEEE Industry Applications Society 44th Annual Petroleum and Chemical Industry Conference, 1997Co-Authors: M W Sharkey, J M DalyAbstract:Recent changes in chemicals considered toxic by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Hazardous by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) has required the cable industry to reevaluate the "Article" exclusion for wire and cable products under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Hazard Communication Standard (HCS). Many wire and cable products can no longer be considered an Article which was exempt from the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and Hazard labeling requirements under 29 CFR 1910.1200. This paper reviews the changes that were made by the EPA, OSHA's clarification of the Hazard Communication Standard, and the impact these changes will have on the manufacture, storage, installation, testing and disposal of wire and cable and its material components. User reporting requirements are also addressed.
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The OSHA Hazard Communication Standard's impact on cables used in the pulp and paper industry
Conference Record of 1997 Annual Pulp and Paper Industry Technical Conference, 1997Co-Authors: M W Sharkey, J M DalyAbstract:Recent changes in chemicals considered toxic by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Hazardous by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) has required the cable industry to reevaluate the "Article" exclusion for wire and cable products under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Communication Standard. Many wire and cable products can no longer be considered an "Article" which was exempt from the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and Hazard labeling requirements under 29 CFR 1910.1200. This paper reviews the changes that were made by the EPA, OSHA's clarification of the Hazard Communication Standard, and the impact these changes will have on the manufacture, storage, installation, testing and disposal of wire and cable and its material components. User reporting requirements are also addressed.
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the osha Hazard Communication Standard s impact on cables
International Conference on Pervasive Services, 1997Co-Authors: M W Sharkey, J M DalyAbstract:Recent changes in chemicals considered toxic by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Hazardous by the American Conference of Governmental Industrial Hygienists (ACGIH) has required the power cable industry to reevaluate the "Article" exclusion for wire and cable products under the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) Communication Standard. Many wire and cable products can no longer be considered an "Article" which was exempt from the Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) and Hazard labeling requirements under 29 CFR 1910.1200. This paper reviews the changes that were made by the EPA, OSHA's clarification of the Hazard Communication Standard, and the impact these changes will have on the manufacture, storage, installation, testing and disposal of wire and cable and its material components. User reporting requirements are also addressed.
Neal Langerman - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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lab scale process safety management
Journal of Chemical Health and Safety, 2009Co-Authors: Neal LangermanAbstract:The U.S. OSHA Laboratory Standard and Hazard Communication Standard have improved safety management in laboratories and pilot plants. In spite of these Standards, incidents which result in injuries and property loss continue to occur in these research and teaching locations. Application of the methods outlined in the OSHA Process Safety Standard to laboratory and pilot plant operations has the potential to further reduce the risks associated with the operations in these locations. In particular, a Lab PSM Approach to Hazard recognition and assessment, to the development of Standard operating procedures, and to the management of change will provide significant guidance to researchers and educators in safety management. Application of Process Safety Management to the operations in these locations is examined and the benefits of the approach are discussed.
