Search for dissertations about: "Security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1193 swedish dissertations containing the word Security.

2. 1. Smartphone security : The smartphone as a security device and the public/private production of security

   Author : Håvard Rustad Markussen; Charlotte Wagnsson; Stefan Borg; Niklas Bremberg; Försvarshögskolan; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Smartphone; security devices; appropriation; public private security; Critical Security Studies; Science and Technology Studies; Political Science; Statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the smartphone as a security device through a comprehensive summary and four independent papers. The thesis starts from the observation that a central and yet underexplored characteristic of contemporary security politics is that the smartphone, as one especially important piece of consumer technology, is increasingly being transformed into a security device. READ MORE

4. 2. Some Problems in Quantified Security

   Author : Vilhelm Verendel; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; computer security; quantified risk; quantified security; risk behavior; operational risk; security metrics; information security; survey; quantitative models; decision-making; risk perception;

   Abstract : This thesis contains work related to quantitative representation and analysis of computer and information security. The ability to accurately describe security using quantitative methods could offer better control and evaluation of security in operational settings. READ MORE

5. 3. Sensitising Urban Transport Security : Surveillance and Policing in Berlin, Stockholm, and Warsaw

   Author : Ola Svenonius; Fredrika Björklund; Rune Premfors; Peo Hansen; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; urban security; security governance; public transport; surveillance; police; private security; emotion; fantasy; fear of crime; discourse analysis; Berlin; Stockholm; Warsaw; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : The city as a focal point of both domestic and international security policy is characteristic of the 21st century security landscape in Europe. Amidst the 'War on Terror' and the pan-European battle against organised crime, the city is the location where global processes are actually taking place. READ MORE

6. 4. Web Application Content Security

   Author : Daniel Hausknecht; Chalmers tekniska högskola; []
   Keywords : NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; NATURVETENSKAP; NATURAL SCIENCES; Content Security Policy; crawling; web application security; web security; client side; security HTTP headers;

   Abstract : The web has become ubiquitous in modern lives. People go online to stay in contact with their friends or to manage their bank account. With lots of different sensitive information handled by web applications securing them naturally becomes important. READ MORE

7. 5. The Use of Hope : Biopolitics of Security During the Obama Presidency

   Author : Claes Tängh Wrangel; Maria Stern; Claudia Aradau; Göteborgs universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; hope; biopolitics; Agamben; Obama; security; development; pub- lic diplomacy; resilience; radicalisation; counterterrorism; strategic narra- tives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis.; Biopolitiks; Hope; Agamben; Obama; Security; Development; Radicalization; Counterterrorism; Resilience; Strategic narratives; neoliberalism; discourse analysis; ;

   Abstract : Through a compilation of four research articles, this PhD thesis investigates ‘hope’ as a biopolitical technology. It interrogates the use of hope by the United States security apparatus, on the one hand, to pre-empt processes of radicalisation and, on the other hand, to prepare the subject of security to cope with permanent insecurity. READ MORE