Nik Zulkarnaen Khidzir

Information Security Requirement: The Relationship Between Cybersecurity Risk Confidentiality, Integrity and Availability in Digital Social Media

Digital Social Media as a part of the eco-system in today’s global cyberspace business environment. It provides an excellent communication and marketing channel for knowledge societies in the world. The popularity of Digital Social Media has also influenced the personal lifestyle and encouraged the digital culture development among cyber community around the globe. Unfortunately, sharing their ideas, activities, statuses, and real-time location could cause them to several critical cybersecurity risks. These categories of risk caused severe impacts to the entire cyber community eco-system associated in digital social media that need to be managed and mitigated seriously. Recent empirical findings underlined the core information security requirement (confidentiality, integrity, and availability) contributes to the severity level of cybersecurity risks in digital social media. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the relationship between cybersecurity risks confidentiality, integrity, and availability in Digital Social Media. Questionnaires were distributed to the various active cyber communities and knowledge societies. The results of the mean score indicate that, more cybersecurity awareness program should be implemented in digital knowledge societies. Furthermore, the results of the correlation coefficient (r) values between >0.4 and <0.7 verifies that a moderate positive relationship exists between cybersecurity risks, confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in Digital Social Media. Findings reveal that the highest moderate cybersecurity risk relationship between integrity and availability. This empirical evidence indicates how the core information security requirement influences each other’s on the cybersecurity risk severity. Through the findings, cyber communities and knowledge societies would be able to determine the direction and strength of the relationship among information security requirement and plan the appropriate cybersecurity awareness program to Digital Social Media users as a preventive approach to mitigate critical cybersecurity risks.

Cloud-Based Mobile-Retail Application for Textile Cyberpreneurs: Task-Technology Fit Perspective Analysis

Cloud computing and mobile computing paradigms have enhanced the usage of current technology among people from various sectors to perform certain required tasks. The combination of these two paradigms have also created the existence of cloud-based mobile applications that are designed to be useful in business environments, such as to be used by textile cyberpreneurs for m-retail transaction. As cloud adoption was previously low among Malaysian entrepreneurs, the usage intention factors of related cloud technology and services should be determined for better clarification and future technology enhancements. Besides, studies on m-retail or m-shopping adoption in Malaysia were merely focused on customers perspectives rather than retailers perspectives. In measuring the suitability of Cloud-based M-Retail (CBMR) application with the task requirements of textile cyberpreneurs, Task-Technology Fit (TTF) model is used as the basis of this research. Results from a pilot study, through a survey of selected group of textile cyberpreneurs shows instruments reliability and positive feedbacks to support the intention to use the technology. The future direction of the study in which to apply the instruments to a larger group of respondents is also discussed along with its potential contribution.

Internet Marketing Strategy for Furniture Industry: A Research Based Ergonomics Sofa

The objective of this paper is to reveal the awareness of ergonomics as part of internet based marketing strategy in furniture industry. Based on Actor Network Theory (ANT), this study believes that internet marketing is an object that links buyer and seller. Empirical study of previous practices has failed to indicate common use of ergonomics term in this research area of marketing strategy. Most of the marketing strategy literature in furniture industry has focused more on aesthetic than ergonomics issues. Therefore, this study utilized qualitative research to analyze the use of ergonomics term in the websites for marketing strategy. This study has identified 33 websites of furniture industry to address the issues using purposive sampling technique and content analysis. The finding shows the ergonomics term is not a common exposure in the websites of furniture industry. It confirms the lack of awareness about the utilization of ergonomics term in the companies’ websites. This research recommends that future marketing strategy should highlight the ergonomics issues in the company’s website in order to promote public health. Hence, this new knowledge suggests that the furniture industry should be more health conscious. Furthermore, future research can also focus on other tools of digital marketing strategy.

A Survey on Occupational Safety and Health Awareness Among School Teachers in Kelantan, Malaysia

Nowadays, more accident cases reported in school cause not only injuries, but also deaths. This indicates that the importance of safety and health measures in school should be exposed not only to students but most importantly to teachers who will be guiding and providing safety and health culture in school. This paper is based on the study that was motivated by the increasing reports of accidents in school. The objective of the study was to measure the understanding regarding safety and health among school teachers in Kelantan by distributing questionnaires consist of ten District Education Offices (PPD) in Kelantan, Malaysia. The results show that most of the respondents understand about safety and health matters with the importance of implementing safety and health in school. In conclusion, further study on workplace assessment need to be conducted at school to identify the implementation of safety and health among school community.

The Development of Design Specification for Ergonomics Sofa in Malaysia

To design and develop a sofa that has ergonomic features, designers should identify the features are need to design sofa. To knowing and understanding the appropriate design which concurrent with market demand, the designers must to conduct market survey among users whose are need and use sofa. The desires of users to have a sofa that has the characteristics of safety and health should be examined from a variety of factors. The draft and sketching sofa with an attractive design and meet customer requirements, design specifications need to be developed first. This paper will explain how to develop sofa’s design specifications which have ergonomic features for users in Malaysia. Market survey was organized among three main groups of sofa’s user that is sofa users, sofa makers and sofa retailer.

Human Factor of Online Social Media Cybersecurity Risk Impact on Critical National Information Infrastructure

Social Digital Media become an effective platform for many cyber community to promote product and services to get reach greater potential market around the globe. However, Social Digital Media could lead to several critical cybersecurity risk that might be difficult to manage and mitigate. Moreover, some the cybersecurity risk could cause severe impact of human factors especially if the risk affected the Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII) that serve as backbone of the country. Hence the objective of the research are to determine the human factors related of social media cybersecurity risk and; to discuss their severity level impact on Critical National Information Infrastructure (CNII). Questionnaires are distributed to various private and government agencies practitioners for the study. The finding of the research show that the top 5 most critical cybersecurity risk are Information Theft; Cyber Attacks; Cyber Crime; Information Manipulation; Productivity Loss. This article also highlight top 5 least critical cybersecurity risks which are Attack of the Software; Cyber Assault/Bullying; Espionage; Terrorisms; Risk of Losing the legal Battle. Through the findings, expert, management and practitioner would be able to identify critical cybersecurity risk and address them appropriately and effectively.

Comparative Study on User and Manufacturer Perception of Ergonomics Requirement on Sofa Design in Malaysia

Development of ergonomic sofa design is a design process includes the basic framework specification, type of material, consideration of sofa features and sofa production methods that is applied on the sofa design. One of the methods that can be used in developing most appropriate design is by applying the process of upgrading existing sofa furniture through structural development that are based on user and manufacturer perception. Therefore, the goal of the paper is to develop a conceptual design for ergonomic sofa based on the user and manufacturer perception. To achieve this goal, a survey involving 30 respondents of sofa makers and sofa consumers was conducted to obtain feedback regarding the conceptual design of ergonomic sofa. The questionnaire survey had emphasize on the concept of sofa, general features of sofa, basic materials of sofa, basic color scheme and price range based on consumer perception and also focused on the basic specifications and material dimensions of sofa materials used. The results of data analysis show that the size of basic dimensions and materials is essential in designing an ergonomic sofa and user preferences have been identified. The survey is very important to find out the basic specifications in the development of ergonomic design through perception of sofa maker and consumers. The future stage of the research will focus on the incorporation of anthropometric data in order to address the innovative criterion of the development.

The Relationship among Student's Domain of Learning Development Implementing Virtual Learning in Higher Learning Institutions

Virtual learning environments (VLEs) are the basic components of contemporary distance learning, but can also be integrated with a physical learning environment which may be referred to as blended learning. The success of a VLEs implementation depends to a considerable extent on student acceptance and use of such an e-learning system. Therefore, the aim of this study is to determine the relationship among domains of learning (cognitive, psychomotor and affective) of the students in the implementation of VLEs in Higher Learning institutions. Through the purposive sampling techniques, questionnaires were distributed to 113 academic scholars in higher learning institutions (HLI) from various academic qualification, expertise and experiences. All hypothesis tested were significant. However, results of the correlation coefficient (r) values < 0.4 verifies that a weak positive relationship exists among all the domains of learning. Findings reveal that all the cognitive, psychomotor and affective skill influence each other. Through the findings, HLI practitioners and technologist could consider the ease use for VLEs in order to encourage the cognitive, psychomotor and affective skill development. discover how these variables influence each others. The finding could be significant to the improvement of the teaching and learning approach towards the development of students cognitive ability, psychomotor and affective skill. This paper explores mean score of each domain of learning variables (cognitive, psychomotor and affective). Appropriate quantitative analysis also conducted to test several hypotheses to determine the level of relationship among them. Related concept and previous literature also being reviewed to establish the scope of the study.

Evaluation of Vulnerability Risk Factor: Critical ICT Outsourcing project characteristics

Business Strategist and Technologist Implementers realized that ICT Outsourcing was one of the most successful strategies for ICT operational cost cutting and solved the shortage of ICT expertise or resources to implement an ICT project and services. Unfortunately, the strategy causes other significant risks that could interrupt the ICT outsourcing ventures success. Information Security Risk (ISR) was considered among the critical significant risk in ICT Outsourcing project. Therefore the objective of this study is to explore the information security Vulnerabilities Risks Factor (VRF) critical level for ICT Outsourcing project characteristics through exploratory analysis approach. About 300 government agencies and private companies from various industries in Malaysia involved in the survey. However, 36% response was analyzed as a sample for the study population. Thus, Vulnerability Risks Factor (VRF) critical level was analyzed and discussed for each common ICT Outsourcing project characteristics implemented in Malaysia. The results of the analysis discovered the evidence of those ICT outsourcing project characteristics, risks exploited through Vulnerabilities Risks Factor (VRF). Several highly critical ICT outsourcing project characteristics were project team size between 10 to 99 members (33.6%), medium size project (28.2%) and outsource the ICT project to more than one service provider. The findings could be used as an indicator for organizations to prepare more effective information security management plan for ICT Outsourcing project. Eventually, the organization could give more priority to the specific ICT Outsourcing project characteristic where the Vulnerability Risks Factor (VRF) level is critical.