Artur Rot

Design and Assessment of User Interface Optimized for Elderly People. A Case Study of Actgo-Gate Platform.

In much of the world, particularly the developed world, there’s a growing aging population. Our work focuses on user experience and its impact on user interface design of web-based applications for elderly people. The paper presents the set of aging-centered user interface design guidelines. An initial collection of guidelines was first developed through an extensive review of the human-computer interaction and agingoriented literature and through applying a series of classification methods. Then the Authors proposed an assessment framework, which could be used as an universal tool to evaluate the web-based system according the user interfaces dedicated for elderly people. The detailed guidelines were grouped into 7 categories which were granted with appropriate importance weights. In the next section ActGo-Gate platform was presented as a web-based application dedicated for activating and supporting elderly people. Finally, the user interface of the system was evaluated according the proposed criteria.

Business Challenges and Technological Innovations Applied in the ICT Platform for Occupational Activation of Senior Citizens.

One of the key challenges for the next several years is to face, especially in highly developed countries, the problem of aging and its impact on the general quality of citizens’ life. Due to this trend, the Authors have presented a concept of ICT platform aimed at increasing the activity of people at retirement age. It is dedicated to members of local communities, can be used to support entrepreneurship, self-fulfilment and activation in the field of independent social life. During the realization of the project, the Authors have noticed the different business requirements of senior citizens. They were described in the article together with respective technological innovations which were implemented in the ActGo-Gate platform as an answer to these challenges and requirements.

Advanced Persistent Threats Attacks in Cyberspace. Threats, Vulnerabilities, Methods of Protection

According to Kaspersky Lab research, APT – Advanced Persistent Threats – are one of the biggest threats in IT as of 2016. Organised groups, keeping contact in various languages, have attacked the IT systems of financial institutions, government, military and diplomatic agencies, telecom and power supply companies, politicians and activists, and private companies, and these attacks were global in scope. APT should be seen as a complex phenomenon, an existing danger to companies, organisations and public entities. This article showcases the problem of APT, the biggest threats related to them, and chosen methods and tools that can be effectively used to counter APT attacks. An effective, multilayered defence model is outlined in the article as well.