In an interrelated and increasingly complex, dynamic and globalised security environment, New Zealand faces a range of complex and multifaceted non-traditional threats. They range from trade insecurity to terrorism and transnational crime, disputes over the control and exploitation of resources, and tensions linked to ideological, cultural and religious differences. The volume's contributors include local and international academics alongside experts who have extensive New Zealand security...

The business world has been hearing about Artificial Intelligence (AI) and blockchain. AI was the superstar topic of conversations at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland this past January 2019. Here, Nick Brestoff, a former attorney who now holds eight (8) patents for business applications that use AI and the breakthrough form of AI -- “deep learning,” provides his readers with a “no math” explanation of deep learning that’s followed by numerous applications in a wide variety of...

Preventing Litigation, for the first time, explains how to build an early warning system to identify the risk of litigation before the damage is done, and proves that there is big value in less litigation. This book puts everyone where they should be: at the top of the cliff. The authors are subject matter experts, one in litigation, the other in computer science, and each has more than four decades of training and experience in their respective fields. Together, they present a way forward...

This new textbook gathers an international roster of top security studies scholars to provide an overview of Asia-Pacific’s international relations and pressing contemporary security issues. It is a suitable introduction for undergraduate and masters students' use in international relations and security studies courses. Merging a strong theoretical component with rich contemporary and historical empirical examples, Asia-Pacific Security examines the region's key players and challe...

The Fire-Soul by Raivo Bimšteins tells the life story of Rhyan, a young man with a magical lighter. The narrative follows his journey from high school years to adulthood and trials of working life, all while he searches for his elusive Soul-mate. Framed by a present-day storyline, the book explores powerful themes of love, betrayal, revenge, alcoholism, and the ultimate pursuit of success.

Can we master the technologies we create before they master us? A "punchy and provocative" assessment by one of Silicon Valley's sharpest observers ( Financial Times).WTF? can be an expression of amazement or of dismay—and today's technology elicits both reactions. In this book, Tim O'Reilly, dubbed "the Oracle of Silicon Valley" by Inc. magazine, explores the upsides—and potential downsides—of today's WTF? technologies.What is the future wh...

Many senior executives talk about information as one of their most important assets, but few behave as if it is. They report to the board on the health of their workforce, their financials, their customers, and their partnerships, but rarely the health of their information assets. Corporations typically exhibit greater discipline in tracking and accounting for their office furniture than their data.Infonomics is the theory, study, and discipline of asserting economic significance t...

This book contains information on how to use Bitcoins and what are the possible ways it can be used as digital money. The Internet has vast connections that can also create irreversible algorithms. Therefore, it is possible to have a crypto-currency such as Bitcoin, to be treated as paper money online that can be transferred from one person to another with transaction fees as little as possible. There are many advantages and disadvantages behind on using Bitcoins but it also has a lot of r...

Projects fail because of risks that are discovered too late, are ignored or simply are not sought. This statement seems trivial at first glance, but it is not so obvious for many stakeholders. With effective risk management, you keep your project under control and eliminate 90% of all project problems before they occur.This book describes the most important methods and tools how to successfully apply risk management in projects in a practical and easy-to-use way. You will receive h...

Be one of the thousand investors that are making money from cryptocurrency!There is no doubt that Bitcoin has taken the world by storm. The new coin has ushered in a whole new way to view currency and our economy. However, with the price of the Bitcoin reaching all time highs, it is already soaring out of reach for many people.In this book, we give you 20 different alternatives that may be your way to get started with this whole ne...

Pricing can make or break a SaaS company. Get it right and watch your product click with your market, dropping acquisition costs and exploding growth. Get it wrong and join the graveyard of great SaaS products that never turned into great SaaS businesses.The Pricing Roadmap teaches you how to design pricing models that both your customers and your sales team will love. Learn how to:Create packaging that makes your chief of sales high-five yo...

The objective of this e-book is to ensure that CISA candidate get adequate knowledge of risk assessment concepts, tools and techniques in an audit context. Question Answer and Explanation (QAE) on risk assessment concepts are designed in accordance with CISA exam pattern. This small e-book will help CISA candidate to attempt questions on concept of risk assessment more confidently and correctly (you can expect atleast 10 to 15 questions on this concept in CISA exam)