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An expert who is qualified needs to be able to present a testimony that is both credible and reliable to assist the jury to have a better understanding of the facts at issue. But before the delving into the substance of their testimony, the expert must first pass the voir dire roadblock. The voir dire process denotes to testimony that establishes the qualifications of an expert (Camarena, 2013). Similarly, a voir dire cross-examination by opposing counsel seeks to discredit and prevent the expert from testifying. In this regard, I think that the opposing counsel will ask me questions that aim at discrediting me as an expert to preclude me from testifying; examples of questions that I can be asked include but not limited to:
• Do you consider yourself to be experienced in your field?
• Have you ever published in your field?
• Have you ever been invited to present on this topic?
• How many academic appointments do you have?
• Have you ever won any awards in your field?
• Are you an expert in this area?
The local government officials can persuade locals that this “privacy invasion” is necessary because the personal information will enhance their security. As such, the local government can explain to the public how it will use this information. Furthermore, it can seek to provide public awareness on why the provision of personal information is necessary and promise the public that the information will be highly protected as only authorized persons in government will be allowed to access it. Any use of that information for personal gain by any public servant will attract penalties. This way, the local government will create public trust and confidence.
The implementation of the new policy should be suspended to give the public the chance to comment on it. This is because the public can provide great insights as to how this policy can be effectively implemented. Allowing the public to comment on the new policy also shows the public that the local government respects their opinions and is included in making important decisions (Picard, 2020). As a result, the public may be more willing to embrace the policy.
ROSI is an abbreviation for Return on Security Investment, and as such, ROSI calculation seeks to establish the return on investment. The ROSI calculation can be equated to the mitigation of financial risk (Böhme, 2013). Consequently, a security investment is considered beneficial if the lessening of risk effect is greater than anticipated costs. Following this description, the ROSI calculation conducts the Return on Security Investment analysis in various steps. In the first step, the incident cost is calculated while considering all the pertinent costs if an incident takes place and the possibility of an incident occurring. The second step entails computing the costs of security measure(s), and the degree to which this incident risk would reduce due to such mitigation (Royer, 2013). The last step involves calculating if the gain (the risk reduction) is higher than the required investment (security controls).
Security is more of a calculation of risk. Therefore, in evaluating cybersecurity technologies, ROSI calculation seeks to weigh the benefits and costs associated with these technologies: how much risk the organization takes and the consequences if an organization does not invest in them? (Irani & Love, 2018). In this regard, the ROSI calculation helps establish the costs associated with not having the technologies. They may include fines, lost income, hikes in insurance, and incident response costs. Costs of acquiring the technologies are also computed. These two costs are then compared.
References
Böhme, R. (2013). The economics of information security and privacy. Springer Science & Business Media.
Camarena, S. (2013). Voir dire: An oath to tell and seek the truth. Author House.
Irani, Z., & Love, P. (2018). Evaluating information systems. Routledge.
Picard, R. G. (2020). Media and communications policy making: Processes, dynamics and international variations. Springer Nature.
Royer, D. (2013). Enterprise identity management: Towards an investment decision support approach. Springer Science & Business Media.
