<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Philipp Fluri</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">From Civil-Military Relations to Resilience: The Fifth Wave of Strengthening Democracy through Research and Education</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">armed forces</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">civilian control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Defense Institution Building</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">democratic oversight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">democratic resilience</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">integrity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PfP Consortium</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security sector reform</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2025</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">24</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73-90</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The good governance of military and security forces is essential for the effective defense of a nation or alliance and for fostering their democratic evolution. This article explores NATO and partner countries’ initiatives over the past three decades to enhance good governance, distinguishing five waves of focus: civil-military relations and democratic control of armed forces, defense institution building, security sector reform, building integrity and reducing corruption, and strengthening democratic resilience. The authors review the research and educational activities of the Partnership for Peace Consortium and other organizations in support of these initiatives, concluding with a proposal to establish a working group on democratic resilience within the Consortium.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">73</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Simon Lunn</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ensuring Democratic Control of Armed Forces – The Enduring Challenges</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">accountability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">democratic control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">oversight</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">parliamentary control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security sector reform</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transparency</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2023</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">22</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29-52</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Armed forces constitute the foundation for the defense and security of their societies. They protect against external threats and, when required, provide coercive power. As a corporate body, they play a prominent role in the ordering of the nation’s affairs, in the development of national security policy, and in the allocation of national resources. Their role is guided by a single principle: their subordination to democratically elected political leadership. This democratic control ensures they serve the societies they protect. 
This article identifies the key elements needed to ensure effective democratic control. It examines the role of the executive in the organization and employment of the armed forces and the legislature in providing oversight and accountability. The tensions in defining competence and responsibility where the political and military worlds and perspectives intersect are alleviated in the process of fusion, collision, or reconciliation at all levels, from policy to operations. Democratic control must reflect societal developments as in the influence of information technology or the impressive “genderization” of defense and security. Two decades of transition in Europe have shown that democratic control is a process in which each country adapts the basic principles to its own circumstances.
</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><num-vols><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">29-52</style></num-vols></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Marina Caparini</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Agnieszka Gogolewska</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Governance Challenges of Transformative Technologies</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artificial intelligence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Data governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">data privacy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">public policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">surveillance capitalism</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Winter 2021</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">20</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">91-100</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The rise of digital information and exponential technologies are transforming political/geopolitical, social, economic, and security arrangements. The challenges they pose to governance is unprecedented, distorting and used to manipulate public discourse and political outcomes. One of the most profound changes triggered by the unconstrained development of innovative technologies is the emergence of a new economic logic based on pervasive digital surveillance of people’s daily lives and the reselling of that information as predictive information. EU responses to this new environment have been slow and inadequate. Establishing effective controls over the actors and processes harnessing innovative technologies will require not only specialized data governance skills but a deeper understanding of the impact of these technologies, the forging of partnerships across the public-private divide, and the establishment of greater political and social accountability of corporate actors involved in their development and application.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">91</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgi Penchev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Planning and Implementing Change in Cyber Security Network Organisations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ADKAR</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CNO</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">collaborative network organisation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cybersecurity community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">89-101 </style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:19.85pt;&quot;&gt;This article presents an important aspect of the governance and management of network organisations &amp;ndash; planning and implementing organisational change. The research is based on the experience gained during the planning of the transformation from ECHO Project Consortium to a future collaborative networked organisation. The process of selecting requirements for change is described in its methodological and procedural aspects, as well as in terms of its environment &amp;ndash; the EU cybersecurity domain. The ADKAR approach is presented in brief as the main framework for change management, and its application features for collaborative organisations are identified. Finally, the article presents a tentative transition plan with its main phases and activities.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">George Sharkov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Christina Todorova</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pavel Varbanov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Strategies, Policies, and Standards in the EU Towards a Roadmap for Robust and Trustworthy AI Certification</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">artificial intelligence</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">certification</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ethics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lawfulness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">robust AI</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">trustworthy AI</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2021</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">50</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11-22</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p style=&quot;margin-left:19.85pt;&quot;&gt;Within recent years, governments in the EU member states have put increasing efforts into managing the scope and speed of socio-technical transformations due to rapid advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI). With the expanding deployment of AI in autonomous transportation, healthcare, defense, and surveillance, the topic of ethical and secure AI is coming to the forefront. However, even against the backdrop of a growing body of technical advancement and knowledge, the governance of AI-intensive technologies is still a work in progress facing numerous challenges in balancing between the ethical, legal and societal aspects of AI technologies on the one hand and investment, financial and technological on the other. Guaranteeing and providing access to reliable AI is a necessary prerequisite for the proper development of the sector. One way to approach this challenge is through governance and certification. This article discusses initiatives supporting a better understanding of the magnitude and depth of adoption of AI. Given the numerous ethical concerns posed by unstandardized AI, it further explains why certification and governance of AI are a milestone for the reliability and competitiveness of technological solutions.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgi Penchev</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Antoniya Shalamanova</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">A Governance Model for an EU Cyber Security Collaborative Network – ECSCON</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collaborative Network Organization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cyber security community</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">innovation management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Virtual Breeding Environment</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">99-113</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">This white paper on governance of European Cyber Security Collaborative Network (ECSCON) is proposed as a joint effort between the four pilot projects ECHO, SPARTA, CONCORDIA and CyberSec4Europe to identify the &quot;umbrella&quot; model for effective and efficient coordination of the development of the European cyber security competence community in the institutional framework established by a European cybersecurity hub with a network of cybersecurity competence centres and in relation to EC, EUMS, ENISA, EDA, EURОPOL, and the NATO Cyber Organization. The white paper combines findings from bottom-up research in CyberSec4Europe and SPARTA with the top-down approach implemented by ECHO and will seek further cooperation with ECSO and Cyber Atlas to achieve a common proposal to the EC and offer to the European cyber security competence community to be self-organized on regional and functional principle. The proposed governance model defines the CNO as a Virtual organisations Breeding Environment to support the establishment of service groups to address specific demand, maintaining a regional (chapter based) organization of the community with a central hub dealing with EC and chapters dealing with the hub and national coordination centres in the respective member-states.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">99</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velizar Shalamanov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nikolai Stoianov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yantsislav Yanakiev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ICT Governance, Human Factors and Cyber Situational Awareness</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Editorial</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">human factors</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">situaitonal awareness</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7-10</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The article summarises the results from the four sessions during the Second International Scientific Conference Digital Transformation, Cyber Security and Resilience DIGILIENCE 2020. These are ICT Governance and Management for Digital Transformation, Cyber Situational Awareness and Information Exchange, Human Systems Integration Approach to Cybersecurity and Education and Training for Cyber Resilience.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">7</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sebastian von Münchow</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Legal and Legitimate Combat Against  COVID-19: German Curfew-related Case Law</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">civil rights</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">lockdown</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">rule of law</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49-60</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Much has been written about Chinese and Russian attempts to abuse the pandemic to reshape international order in favor of authoritarian regimes. Diplomatic initiatives, staged relief operations, and troll propaganda were rolled out when COVID-19 hit Europe and the USA in early March 2020. These activities meant to insinuate that centralized, illiberal governance models are better prepared to manage the crisis. In contrast, the transatlantic world fights the virus with measures taken in accordance with Rule of Law standards. In a previous paper, the author argued that access to legal remedies makes the difference. In spring and early summer of 2020, courts in Germany decided on a number of cases where claimants challenge lockdown regulations. Some of these decisions deserve a closer look because they deepen the understanding of how constitutional requirements are assessed in lieu of the constraints. The article, therefore, starts with a short summary of the German judicial system to challenge executive decisions. It will then turn to discuss some outstanding court rulings. In the end, the contribution attempts to assess what kind of COVID-19-related case law in Germany emerges. Could the courts balance core constitutional principles, the need to keep a functioning health sector, to allow a number of basic rights untouched, and to prepare a careful economic recovery?</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">49</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velizar Shalamanov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vassil Sabinski</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Trayan Georgiev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optimization of the Chief Information Officer Function in Large Organizations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIO</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collaborative Network Organizations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ECHO project</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT capabilities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT services</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optimization</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">46</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13-26</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The analysis of the process of establishing Chief Information Officer Function in the Bulgarian Ministry of Defence in 2000 and in North Atlantic Treaty Organization in 2020 is used to identify the critical elements for success of the change management process and full realization of the strategic benefits for the organization. Differentiation between the governance of IT and management of capabilities and services for the federation of business organizations is considered as a framework to develop and optimize the CIO function in relation to service provision. The approach proposed in this article combines the COBIT framework with the Analytic Hierarchy Process method for decision making and architectural design and business process optimization to provide a sound basis for consensus in the development of the CIO function. The approach is tested in instituting the CIO function in the Institute of Information and Communication Technologies of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (a federation of more than 40 entities) and its implementation for national and EU level is then defined as a roadmap. Core elements of the approach are tested in the framework of the ECHO project under H2020 for development of a governance model of the European cyber security collaborative trusted net-work organization.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Petra Weyland</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Pandemic in the Middle East and North Africa: Reflections on Current and Future Impacts</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Connections: The Quarterly Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COVID-19</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European-MENA partnerships</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">international aid</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">MENA</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2020</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">19</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">89-99</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Covid-19 has spared no region of the world&amp;rsquo;s Global South and Global North. For obvious reasons, countries in the Global South are especially hard hit. This includes MENA, as most of its countries and societies belong to the Global South. The outcomes of perennial poverty, authoritarianism, corruption, and other serious long-term deficiencies mean that this virus hit societies extremely ill-prepared to mobilize the tremendous efforts needed to counter not only the immediate but also the immense future challenges. As long-term governance deficiencies and the new challenges emanating from COVID-19 are mutually reinforcing each other, finding and implementing sustainable solutions for the future becomes even more difficult &amp;ndash; and more urgently needed. This prospect cannot remain without implications for the whole Mediterranean region &amp;ndash; and for Europe. European-MENA partnerships are more needed than ever. In order to be effective, these partnerships need to include many new stakeholders; they need to be based on trust and on the principle that responsibility for regional, national, and especially for human security has to be shared.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">89</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Tobias Fiebig</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Governance Challenges for European Cybersecurity Policies: Stakeholders Views</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DIGILIENCE 2019</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cybersecurity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Union</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Horizon 2020</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">network organization</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2-4 October</style></date></pub-dates></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The author outlines possible approaches to cybersecurity governance and compares them against the EU proposal of a Network of Competence Centers, which should manage all European cybersecurity funding. He then presents results of testing this policy proposal against the opinions of key stakeholders (senior administrators from European Agencies, Data Protection Authorities, CISOs, managers, and academics) from the European economic area.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The presentation reflects results of the from the &lt;a href=&quot;https://www.cybersec4europe.eu/&quot;&gt;CyberSec4Europe project&lt;/a&gt; &amp;ndash; one of the four pilot projects aiming to establish and operate a pilot for a European Cybersecurity Competence Network and develop a common European Cybersecurity Research &amp;amp; Innovation Roadmap.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This paper is included in the program of &lt;a href=&quot;https://digilience.org&quot;&gt;DIGILIENCE 2019&lt;/a&gt; and will be published in the post-conference volume.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ventzislav Atanassov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Implementation Hierarchy and CIO Organization in Bulgaria’s Public Administration</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Chief Information Officer</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIO</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIO Responsibilities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CIO Roles</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Collaborative Network Organizations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">digital transformation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT capabilities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT services</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Optimization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Public Sector</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">42</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83-94</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This article presents results from the analysis of the CIO functions, role and responsibilities in the public administration, serving as a basis for establishment of a common profile of CIOs. This is expected to reduce the obstacles and facilitate the digital transformation in the public sector in line with the modern technological progress and management approaches, which are applied to meet the requirements for effectiveness and efficiency of e-government. The author suggests a new hierarchical structure of the management bodies, including CIOs, in public administration of Republic of Bulgaria, and elaborates on the pros and cons of this proposal.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The approach is tested in the development of CIO function in Institute of Information and Communication Technologies and the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences as a federation of more than 40 entities. Core elements of the approach are tested in the framework of the ECHO project under H2020 for development of a governance model of the European cyber security collaborative trusted network organization.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83</style></section></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Velizar Shalamanov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Georgi Penchev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Methodology for Organizational Design of Cyber Research Networks</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DIGILIENCE 2019</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">cyber security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Enterprise Architecture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IT security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">modeling</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">network analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">simulation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2-4 October</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia, Bulgaria</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The paper presents possible approaches for building a new network organization in the area of cybersecurity. The study is focused on selection of activities, processes and structures needed for the network governance and management. The study considers links between Enterprise Architecture approach, COBIT framework and network analysis with the task to elaborate a standard and comprehensive framework for analysis of IT related areas of organizational governance and management. Examples of NATO and EU initiatives for network organization design and implementation are explored with specific focus on ECHO project. Accreditation procedure based on participant&amp;rsquo;s self-assessment is presented.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This paper is included in the program of &lt;a href=&quot;https://digilience.org&quot;&gt;DIGILIENCE 2019&lt;/a&gt; and will be published in the post-conference volume.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Valeri Ratchev</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Vesselin Petkov</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Evolving Security Concepts: The Premium on Governance in the Case of Bulgaria</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Bulgaria</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">corruption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Political stability</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security discourse</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">social security</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2015</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">33</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">83-107</style></pages><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The EvoCS project analysed security perceptions and discourses in 12 countries, including Bulgaria. The authors of the Bulgarian case study introduce the particular &amp;lsquo;transitional&amp;rsquo; context of the security discourse, briefly describe the project methodology and present the research results for Bulgaria, along with explanation of the historical and social influences on security perceptions. The Bulgarian security discourse emerged as unique among all twelve examined in EvoCS. It is dominated by the &amp;ldquo;political stability and security&amp;rdquo; core value and the overarching theme is governance &amp;ndash; in the political, social, and economic spheres, as well as in facing the pervasive threat of corruption. The case study epitomises a double disconnect &amp;ndash; between the official Bulgarian security discourse and societal perceptions of security challenges, on one hand, and between challenges identified in EU security strategies and challenges faced by Bulgaria, on the other. This is reflected in the final section of the paper, presenting policy recommendations on making the security discourse in Bulgaria more relevant to the challenges the country faces and the societal interests.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2</style></issue></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Valeri Ratchev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">How to develop an effective, efficient and democratic defence institution - the lessons we are learning</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">civil-military</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence institution building</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">institutional perspective</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">integrity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PAP-DIB</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Transparency</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">In a presentation to the Georgian MPs, staffers and defence experts Amb. Ratchev discusses the institutional perspective to defence reform and the key lessons from the experience of Bulgaria and other Central and Eastern European countries. He outlines principles, requirements and challenges in creating a modern defence institution that is effective, transparent, and accountable.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>13</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Principles of Defence Management</style></title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">command and control</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">defence management</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">effectiveness</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">efficiency</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">measuring results</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">performance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">quality management</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2013</style></year></dates><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Speaking to members of the Georgian Parliament, staffers, and experts from the defence ministry, Dr. Tagarev outlined the features of management vis-à-vis other governance functions in defence, in particular command and control, and elaborated on the principles of effective management, using the structure provided by standards in the ISO 9000 series.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Europe and the Balkans during the Strategic Transformation of the European Union: Implications for Ukraine</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CSDM</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">corruption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">efficiency</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EU integration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">multinational cooperation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ukraine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12.2012</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Academy of Sciences and Head of the Centre for Security and Defence Management</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The paper includes speaking notes for the session on “Central-Eastern Europe’s Positioning and Perspectives of the European Union’s Transformation” of the conference “The EU, Central and Eastern Europe and Ukraine: Transformation, Prognosis and Perspectives,” conducted on 16 November 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine. It addresses selected issues of the current status of the EU in the persisting financial and economic crisis, respective developments in Bulgaria and other countries in South Eastern Europe, and possible implications for Ukraine, with focus on security policies and governance.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>27</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Todor Tagarev</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Europe and the Balkans during the Strategic Transformation of the European Union: Implications for Ukraine</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CSDM Views</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">corruption</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CSDM Views</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">efficiency</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">EU integration</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">multinational cooperation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security policy</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ukraine</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2012</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">November 2012</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></number><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Centre for Security and Defence Management</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The paper includes speaking notes for the session on “Central-Eastern Europe’s Positioning and Perspectives of the European Union’s Transformation” of the conference “The EU, Central and Eastern Europe and Ukraine: Transformation, Prognosis and Perspectives,” conducted on 16 November 2012 in Kyiv, Ukraine. It addresses selected issues of the current status of the EU in the persisting financial and economic crisis, respective developments in Bulgaria and other countries in South Eastern Europe, and possible implications for Ukraine, with focus on security policies and governance.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Artur Gruszczak</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Networked Security Governance: Reflections on the E.U.’s Counterterrorism Approach</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Journal of Global Change and Governance</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Union</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">governance</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Networks</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">security</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Terrorism</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2008</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Summer 2008</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">I</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">One of the objectives of the European Union has been to secure its territory and provide its citizens with
personal safety. In the global war on terror the challenge of global threats must be met as effectively as
possible. The E.U. had been developing its counterterrorist policy within an intergovernmental formula. In
the aftermath of Sepember 11 it had to look for new supranational arrangements. The politics of insecurity
strengthened by the effects of terrorist attacks on the European soil (Madrid 2004 and London 2005)
inspired the E.U.’s institutions as well as the member states to establish a networked form of security
governance based on information sharing, border control and virtual fencing as well as digital
identification and management of identity through biometrics.</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue><section><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1-23</style></section></record></records></xml>