April 2022

Canadian identity as an academic idea

Canada is a society where all people are equal and where they share some fundamental values based upon freedom. The search for this Canadian identity, as much as my philosophical views, had led me to insist on the charter. —Pierre Elliott Trudeau Canadian identity For any worthwhile study of society must be philosophical in character […]

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Scientific method in research

Do you want to know how to apply the scientific method in research? This discussion of the scientific method in research covers the philosophical foundations and historical roots of the scientific method, key scientific method steps and definitions, and the defining characteristics of the scientific method. I obtained my PhD degree in Digital Transformation and Innovation in

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Network security risk mitigation best practices

This network security risk mitigation discussion is taken from my uOttawa PhD thesis (2020, pp. 39-57) Chapter 2 “Part 1: Information Security Risk Governance,” which covers the technical, theoretical, and regulatory context of ethical hacking applications in information security testing and IT governance at the organizational and national levels. The PhD thesis, titled Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk

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IT governance and cybersecurity regulations

This discussion of IT governance and cybersecurity regulations is taken from my uOttawa PhD thesis (2020, pp. 39-57) Chapter 2 “Part 1: Information Security Risk Governance,” which covers the technical, theoretical, and regulatory context of ethical hacking applications in information security testing and IT governance at the organizational and national levels. The PhD thesis, titled Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk assessment

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IT governance and cybersecurity regulations

Information security definition

The information security definition presented here is taken from my uOttawa PhD thesis (2020, pp. 39-57) Chapter 2 “Part 1: Information Security Risk Governance,” which covers the technical, theoretical, and regulatory context of ethical hacking applications in information security testing and IT governance at the organizational and national levels. The PhD thesis, titled Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk

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Social digitization

This discussion on social digitization summarizes the important research report “Urgent upgrade: Protect public values in our digitized society” by Kool, Timmer, Royakkers, and van Est (2017) of the Dutch Rathenau Instituut. The report informed the Dutch Senate on the desirability of a committee that can advise on the ethical aspects of the digitization of

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Canada’s cybersecurity threat landscape

This discussion of Canada’s cybersecurity threat landscape is taken from a uOttawa PhD thesis (2020, pp. 1-16) completed at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Faculty of Engineering, on the topic of ethical hacking sociotechnology titled Technoethics and sensemaking: Risk assessment and knowledge management of ethical hacking in a sociotechnical society (thesis advisory committee: uOttawa professors Rocci Luppicini, Liam Peyton, and Andre Vellino). You may also

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