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Cyber security education has evolved over the last decade to include new methods of teaching and technology to prepare students. Instructors in this field of study often deal with a subject matter that has rigid principles, but changing ways of applying those principles. This makes maintaining courses difficult. This case study explored the kind of teaching methods, technology, and means used to explain these concepts. This study shows that generally, cyber security courses require more time to keep up to date. It also evaluates one effort, the NxSecLab, on how it attempted to relieve the administrative issues in teaching these concepts. The proposed framework in this model looks at ways on how to ease the administrative burden in cyber security education by using a central engine to coordinate learning management with infrastructure-as-a-service resources.

Background – Over the years, management control has become an agenda in the research field, and new frameworks have been developed to study organizational control and measure company performance. Management Control Systems (MCS) development has gained attention with the trend of young, technology-driven companies becoming substantial contributors to the economy. Because of the sudden growth of communication channels, employee numbers, and unguided processes around products and services, informal control becomes inefficient, causing communication problems and eventually limiting company growth. Research indicates that adaptation of a well-functioning MCS overcomes these problems. Purpose – The purpose of this study is to connect observations of Venture Capital effects on MCS to the existing SME and MCS literature. Method – Empirical data was collected by interviewing participants within four European SMEs that operate in different sectors. Semi-structured interviews were set up with the guidance of the theoretical framework. Thematic analysis was used to analyze the interview recordings. Findings – The study finds that case study companies commonly use Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), a practical implementation framework for Balance Scorecards (BSC). The short-sighted characteristics of BSC are in line with the nature of the SME environment, reactively responding to short-term threats and the financial-measure-focused VC interest. Agency Theory characteristics can label VC and SME relations. The research encourages addressing conflicting interests by redirecting focus to company growth. Since the adoption of well-functioning MCS assists company growth, this research suggests motivating and assisting MCS development at SMEs.

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For all business organizations, there comes a time when a change must take place within their eco-system. It consumes a great deal of thought and planning to ensure that the right decision is made as it could alter the entire course of their business for a number of years to come. This change may appear in the form of a brilliant CEO reaching the age of retirement, or an unsuccessful Managing Director being asked to leave before fulfilling the term of her contract. Regardless of the cause, a transition must occur in which a suitable successor is chosen and put into place while minimizing costs, satisfying stakeholders, ensuring that the successor has been adequately prepared for their new position, and minimizing work place gossip, among other things. It is also important to understand how the nature of the business, as well as its financial standing, effects such a transition. Engineering and management principles come together in this study to ensure that organizations going through such a change are on the right course. As the problem of transitional management is not one of concrete values and contains many ambiguous concepts, one way to tackle the problem is by utilizing various industrial engineering methodologies that allow these companies to systematically begin preparing for such a change. By default, organizational strategy has to change, technology is continually being renewed and it becomes very hard for the same leader to constantly implement new and innovative developments. Organizations today have a very poor understanding of where they currently stand and as a result the cause for a company's lack of profitability is often overlooked with time and money being wasted in an attempt to fix something that is not broken. To be able to look at the bigger picture of an organization and from there begin to close in on the main problems causing a negative impact, the Matrix of Change is used and takes in many factors to layout an accurate representation of the direction in which an organization should be headed and how it can continue to grow and remain successful. The Theory of Constraints on the other hand is used here as a step-by-step guide allowing companies to be better organized during times of change. And System Dynamics modeling is where these companies can begin to simulate and solve the dilemma of transitional management using causal loop diagrams and stock and flow diagrams. Through such tools a framework can begin to be developed, one that is valued by corporations and continually reviewed. Several case studies, simulation modeling, and a panel of experts were used in order to demonstrate and validate this framework.

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With almost 70% of the population being active internet users and with signs that this number only will increase in the coming years, the value for companies, organisations, and hobbyists to be able to share what is important to them will also increase. One of the most common ways to gain attraction on the internet is with the help of a website. There are multiple ways to create a website, with one popular approach is with the help of content managing systems (CMS). Different CMSs offer a range of functionality and range in complexity. A staple name in the CMS community is Drupal. Drupal can provide the entirety of an application but can also be used in a decoupled mode where it serves as the backend for a frontend developed with other technologies, e.g. a JavaScript library like ReactJS. This thesis aimed to evaluate how the JavaScript library ReactJS interacted with Drupal when used in its decoupled mode. Different methods, such as JSON:API and GraphQL, to export data from the Drupal site were also compared. The thesis also aimed to guide less experienced developers through their journey of decoupled CMSs. Through extensive research about Drupal and ReactJS, as well as the core functionalities, the thesis provides the necessary groundwork for implementing a decoupled application. The concepts are then further expanded with realistic examples to provide a deeper understanding of the subject. By implementing a realist web application containing common functionalities found in modern web applications, it could be concluded that Drupal and ReactJS complemented each other excellently by providing each other with features the other one did not have. Difficulties encountered were related to the unique technologies rather than their collaboration. The comparison between JSON:API and GraphQL elucidated clear benefits and drawbacks for each, providing a guide for developers to choose based on their specific needs. Future research could broaden the scope to other CMSs and JavaScript libraries to enhance the understanding of decoupled architecture. Exploring the implementation of custom APIs is also suggested for further studies.

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