Security paradigms for IoT in telecom networks: Conceptual challenges and solution pathways

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(5), С. 1606 - 1626

Опубликована: Май 5, 2024

The concept paper explores the critical security challenges posed by Internet of Things (IoT) in telecom networks and proposes solution pathways to address them. As IoT devices proliferate networks, they introduce new vulnerabilities threats that must be mitigated ensure integrity, confidentiality, availability network resources data. begins highlighting unique devices, including their large attack surface, resource constraints, diverse communication protocols. These are further exacerbated due scale complexity infrastructure. To these challenges, a multi-faceted approach combines technical, organizational, regulatory measures. Technical solutions include use secure protocols, device authentication mechanisms, encryption techniques protect data transit at rest. Organizational measures focus on improving awareness training among operators ensuring development deployment devices. Regulatory advocate for implementation standards regulations promote privacy deployments. also discusses importance collaboration stakeholders, operators, manufacturers, bodies, effectively. By working together, stakeholders can develop implement best practices enhance networks. In conclusion, highlights urgent need robust paradigms deployments within implementing proposed fostering mitigate risks safe Keywords: IoT, Telecom, Networks, Security.

Язык: Английский

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PREDICTIVE ANALYTICS FOR PROACTIVE SUPPORT IN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION AND VICTIM REINTEGRATION

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(4), С. 1502 - 1523

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

Human trafficking is a pervasive and complex crime that affects millions of people worldwide. In recent years, there has been growing recognition the need for proactive approaches to prevention victim reintegration. Predictive analytics, data-driven technology uses algorithms analyze patterns predict future outcomes, holds great promise in this regard. This review explores application predictive analytics reintegration, highlighting its potential enhance support victims improve overall outcomes. can play crucial role by identifying trends may indicate activities. By analyzing data from various sources, such as social media, financial transactions, law enforcement records, help identify high-risk areas individuals, enabling agencies NGOs take measures prevent trafficking. For example, vulnerable populations, runaway youth or migrants, target efforts accordingly. context outcomes factors influence victim's likelihood successful reintegration into society. on education, employment, support, interventions are most likely rebuild their lives. types services, housing assistance job training, effective helping reintegrate Overall, revolutionize tailored specific needs victims. However, it important recognize not without challenges, including concerns about privacy ethical implications. Therefore, essential ensure used responsibly accordance with guidelines maximize benefits Keywords: Analytics, Trafficking, Prevention, Victim Reintegration, Systematic Review.

Язык: Английский

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VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS (VPN): A CONCEPTUAL REVIEW OF SECURITY PROTOCOLS AND THEIR APPLICATION IN MODERN NETWORKS

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(4), С. 1452 - 1472

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

Virtual Private Networks (VPNs) play a crucial role in ensuring secure communication over public networks. This concept paper provides comprehensive review of security protocols used VPNs and their application modern The begins by defining explaining importance securing data transmission untrusted It then discusses the evolution VPN technology, highlighting transition from traditional IPSec SSL/TLS to more approaches such as WireGuard QUIC. also examines VPNs, including IPSec, SSL/TLS, newer like Each protocol is analyzed terms its features, performance, suitability for different use cases. Furthermore, explores networks, remote access, site-to-site connectivity, cloud-based services. challenges considerations involved deploying managing today's complex network environments. In conclusion, emphasizes highlights need organizations carefully evaluate requirements choose appropriate technologies protect Keywords: VPN, Security, Applications, Network.

Язык: Английский

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Empowering youth through sexuality and leadership education: Approaches and outcomes

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22(1), С. 1250 - 1265

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

Empowering youth through sexuality and leadership education is crucial for their holistic development well-being. This paper provides an overview of approaches outcomes related to empowering in these areas. Effective include comprehensive (CSE), youth-friendly services, peer education, training. CSE equips young people with accurate, age-appropriate information about sexuality, relationships, reproductive health, enabling them make informed decisions. Youth-friendly services provide confidential, nonjudgmental health tailored people's needs. Peer involves teaching peers sexual encouraging open dialogue. Leadership training fosters skills such as communication, decision-making, advocacy, become leaders communities. leads various positive outcomes. It improves outcomes, including reduced rates unintended pregnancies, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV/AIDS. also promotes gender equality empowerment, learn rights how challenge harmful norms. Additionally, enhance self-esteem, communication skills, ability decisions, preparing future roles. essential By providing support, we can help navigate challenges, healthy choices, empowered

Язык: Английский

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Integrated public health and migration policy: Crafting effective responses to migrant crises

World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 22(1), С. 1234 - 1249

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

The intersection of public health and migration policy presents complex challenges in the context migrant crises. This abstract provides an overview analysis on integrated policy, focusing crafting effective responses to By examining key findings implications, it highlights critical importance addressing needs within frameworks. reveals that crises often exacerbate existing vulnerabilities, including limited access healthcare, inadequate sanitation facilities, heightened risks infectious diseases. Integrated approaches prioritize migrants are essential for mitigating these ensuring well-being both populations host communities. Key underscore adopting a comprehensive rights-based approach policy. involves recognizing migrants' right equitable healthcare services, regardless legal status or nationality. Furthermore, requires social determinants health, such as poverty, discrimination, exclusion, which disproportionately affect populations. Implications future research development include need greater collaboration coordination among stakeholders, government agencies, civil society organizations, international partners. Research gaps identified further investigation into specific groups, refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants, well effectiveness different interventions meeting needs. In conclusion, is prioritizing approach, policymakers can mitigate negative impacts promote all individuals affected by urgency frameworks calls commitment equity human rights.

Язык: Английский

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SECURITY PARADIGMS FOR IOT IN TELECOM NETWORKS: CONCEPTUAL CHALLENGES AND SOLUTION PATHWAYS

Engineering Science & Technology Journal, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 5(4), С. 1431 - 1451

Опубликована: Апрель 26, 2024

The concept paper explores the critical security challenges posed by Internet of Things (IoT) in telecom networks and proposes solution pathways to address them. As IoT devices proliferate networks, they introduce new vulnerabilities threats that must be mitigated ensure integrity, confidentiality, availability network resources data. begins highlighting unique devices, including their large attack surface, resource constraints, diverse communication protocols. These are further exacerbated due scale complexity infrastructure. To these challenges, a multi-faceted approach combines technical, organizational, regulatory measures. Technical solutions include use secure protocols, device authentication mechanisms, encryption techniques protect data transit at rest. Organizational measures focus on improving awareness training among operators ensuring development deployment devices. Regulatory advocate for implementation standards regulations promote privacy deployments. also discusses importance collaboration stakeholders, operators, manufacturers, bodies, effectively. By working together, stakeholders can develop implement best practices enhance networks. In conclusion, highlights urgent need robust paradigms deployments within implementing proposed fostering mitigate risks safe Keywords: Security, IoT, Telecom, Solutions, Network.

Язык: Английский

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FinTech Adoption for SMEs

Advances in finance, accounting, and economics book series, Год журнала: 2025, Номер unknown, С. 105 - 120

Опубликована: Янв. 8, 2025

The available Financial Technology or more commonly known as FinTech has simplified ways that the small businesses can access financial services for their growth solutions. Out of these, leading forms finance technology such third-party payment systems, peer-to-peer online lending, crowdfunding have promoted cross border electronic trade, credit processes and sources availing backing to ideas. These technologies enhance efficiency, speed convenience hence attracting which issues high cost collateral training costs. In this way, platforms use big data algorithms fill existing funding gap conventional failed provide. differs some extent around world, mobile money is most used in developing countries while P2P lending widely developed countries.

Язык: Английский

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Maximising the Potentials of Small and Medium Scale Business Enterprises in Developing Nations Through the Use of Artificial Intelligence

Advances in business strategy and competitive advantage book series, Год журнала: 2024, Номер unknown, С. 215 - 246

Опубликована: Дек. 18, 2024

The modern human society has seen the drastic impact of technologies and it is an undeniable fact that these new tools have significantly affected all facets interaction tremendously impacted activities, either by causing mild alteration in nature structure contemporary world, or directly revolutionizing sections sectors endeavors. In fact, one area effects been felt economy commercial sector. Technologies continued improve businesses across activities drifted towards power whims technological realities. Hence, many big are adjusting their operations to utilise for productivity profitability; affording them enormous competitive advantages. However, studies showed SMEs cannot afford expensive lack financial wherewithal adopt innovations. Worse still, developing nations contend with several challenges, determined more than 80% collapse die during first three years. informal sector every nation key survival country, if struggling continue experience high business mortality sector, then countries will nosedive. Therefore, this work recognizes transformative artificial intelligence its potentials SMEs. seeks examine how can AIs productivity, performance, engagement, optimization profitability amidst stiff challenges overwhelming influences multinationals.

Язык: Английский

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Small and medium scale enterprises and economic growth in Nigeria

Journal of Social Sciences and Management Studies, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 3(2), С. 26 - 45

Опубликована: Май 7, 2024

Due to the inconclusive situation of empirical studies on Small and Medium Enterprises ( SMEs) economic growth in Nigeria need promote accompanied by poverty alleviation, this study examined SMEs financing from 1999 2021. The hypotheses formulated tested included that there is no significant relationship between commercial bank loans, total credit private sector (which captures other means lending rate. Annual data was collected Central Bank Statistical Bulletin. augmented Dickey-Fuller unit root test revealed variables were stationary at first difference, while Johansen co-integration indicated a long-run among variables. Vector Error Correction Mechanism (VECM) loans have weak negative effect growth. Total has positive growth, rates It concluded effects Nigeria. recommended government encourage more guaranteeing such development branches should be established; rate lowered.

Язык: Английский

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Implications of Loadshedding on Small and Medium Enterprises' Contributions to Local Economic Development in the Collins Chabane Local Municipality, South Africa

Journal of Public Administration, Год журнала: 2024, Номер 59(3), С. 455 - 476

Опубликована: Сен. 1, 2024

Язык: Английский

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