Backhouse, James


Dr James Backhouse  

Department

Position held

Department of Management

Information Systems and Innovation Group (ISIG) (Department of Management)

Reader

Experience keywords:

identity management, privacy and security; power, politics, and institutionalisation; certification and security management standards; managing information risks in the digital age; information risk and assurance

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Dr Backhouse's research interests relate to fundamental concepts of IS, and identity in the information society. He looks at the institutionalisation of ICT, information risk and security, as well as semantic analysis and the development of information systems.

Languages:

Italian [Spoken: Fluent]

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 7641

Publications

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2009

Backhouse, James and Halperin, Ruth (2009) Approaching interoperability for identity management. In: Rannenberg, Kai and Royer, Denis and Deuker, André, (eds.) Future of identity in the information society: challenges and opportunities. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 245-272. ISBN 9783540884804

2008

Halperin, Ruth and Backhouse, James (2008) A roadmap for research on identity in the information society. Identity in the information society, 1 (1). ISSN 1876-0678

Backhouse, James and Koops, B.-J. and Matyas, V. (2008) Identity in the Information Society - special issue, edited by J. Backhouse, B.-J. Koops, V. Matyas. Identity in the information society, 1 (1). pp. 1-228. ISSN 1876-0678

Backhouse, James and Halperin, Ruth (2008) Security and privacy perceptions of E-ID: a grounded research. In:16th European Conference on Information Systems (9-11 June 2008 : Galway, Ireland).

Canhoto, Ana and Backhouse, James (2008) General description of the process of behavioural profiling. In: Hildebrandt, M. and Gutwirth, S., (eds.) Profiling the European citizen: cross-disciplinary perspectives. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 47-63. ISBN 9781402069130

Backhouse, James (2008) Behavioural biometric profiling and ambient intelligence – a reply. In: Hildebrandt, M. and Gutwirth, S., (eds.) Profiling the European citizen: cross-disciplinary perspectives. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, pp. 104-106. ISBN 9781402069130

2007

Backhouse, James and Canhoto, Ana (2007) Profiling under conditions of ambiguity: an application in the financial services industry. Journal of retailing and consumer services, 14 (6). pp. 408-419. ISSN 0969-6989

2006

Backhouse, James (2006) Interoperability of identity and identity management systems. Datenschutz und datensicherheit, ISSN 1614-0702

Backhouse, James and Hsu, Carol W. Y. and Silva, Leiser (2006) Circuits of power in creating de jure standards: shaping an international information systems security standard. MIS quarterly, 30 (supple). pp. 413-438. ISSN 0276-7783

Willison, Robert and Backhouse, James (2006) Opportunities for computer crime : considering systems risk from a criminological perspective. European journal of information systems, 15 (4). pp. 403-414. ISSN 0960-085x

Backhouse, James and Hsu, Carol and Baptista, John and Tseng, Jimmy C (2006) Spotting lemons in the PKI market: engendering trust by signalling quality. In: Shaw, M.J., (ed.) E-commerce and the digital economy. M.E. Sharpe, Armonk, NY, pp. 247-257. ISBN 0765611503

Backhouse, James and Baptista, Joao and Hsu, Carol W. Y. (2006) Rating certificate authorities: a market approach to the Lemons problem. Journal of information systems security, 2 (2). pp. 3-14. ISSN 1551-0123

2005

Backhouse, James and Hsu, Carol W. Y. and Tseng, Jimmy C. and Baptista, Joao (2005) A question of trust. Communications of the acm, 48 (9). pp. 87-91. ISSN 0001-0782

Backhouse, James and Bener, Ayse and Chauvidul-Aw, Narisa (2005) Risk management in cyberspace. In: Mansell, Robin and Collins, Brian S., (eds.) Trust and crime in information societies. Edward Elgar, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 349-379. ISBN 1845421779

2004

Dhillon, Gurpreet and Silva, Leiser and Backhouse, James (2004) Computer crime at CEFORMA: a case study. International journal of information management, 24 (6). pp. 551-561. ISSN 0268-4012

Backhouse, James and Angell, Ian (2004) Anti-money laundering - avoiding the technology trap. Financial regulator, 9 (2). pp. 34-38. ISSN 1362-7511

2003

Backhouse, James and Hsu, Carol W. Y. and McDonnell, Aidan (2003) Technical opinion: toward public key infrastructure interoperability. Communications of the acm, 46 (6). pp. 98-100. ISSN 0001-0782

Backhouse, James and Herrera-Vargas, Antonio (2003) Mexican suspicious transaction reporting. Journal of money laundering control, 6 (4). pp. 331-336. ISSN 1368-5201

Silva, Leiser and Backhouse, James (2003) The circuits-of-power framework for studying power in institutionalization of information systems. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 4 pp. 294-336. ISSN 1536-9323

2002

Hsu, Carol W. Y. and Backhouse, James (2002) Information systems security education: redressing the balance of theory and practice. Journal of information systems education, 13 (3). pp. 211-218. ISSN 1055-3096

Backhouse, James (2002) Assessing certification authorities: guarding the guardians of secure e-commerce? Journal of financial crime, 9 (3). pp. 217-226. ISSN 1359-0790

Backhouse, James and Cheng, Edward K. (2002) Signalling intentions and obliging behavior online: an application of semiotic and legal modelling to e-commerce. In: Fazlollahi, Bijan, (ed.) Strategies for e-commerce success. IRM Press, Harrisburg, PA, pp. 68-88. ISBN 9781931777087

2001

Dhillon, Gurpreet and Backhouse, James (2001) Current directions in IS security research : towards socio-organizational perspectives. Information systems journal, 11 (2). pp. 127-154. ISSN 1350-1917

2000

Dhillon, Gurpreet and Backhouse, James (2000) Information system security management in the new millennium [technical opinion]. Communications of the ACM, 43 (7). pp. 125-128. ISSN 0001-0782

Backhouse, James and Cheng, Edward K. (2000) Signalling intentions and obliging behaviour online: an application of semiotic and legal modelling to e-commerce. Journal of end user computing, 12 (2). pp. 33-42. ISSN 1063-2239

1999

Backhouse, James (1999) Chasing the fiscal dragon: the politics of bank secrecy. In:.

1998

Backhouse, James (1998) Security: the achilles heel of electronic commerce. Society, 35 (4). pp. 28-31. ISSN 0147-2011

1997

Backhouse, James (1997) Cyberlaundering: the electronic dimension. In: Bosworth-Davies, Rowan, (ed.) The impact of international money laundering legislation. FT Finance, a division of Pearson Professional, London, UK, pp. 153-170. ISBN 9781853346750

Silva, Leiser and Backhouse, James (1997) Becoming part of the furniture: the institutionalization of information systems. In: Lee, Allen S. and Liebenau, Jonathan and DeGross, Janice I., (eds.) Information systems and qualitative research. Chapman and Hall, London, UK, pp. 389-414. ISBN 9780412823602

Backhouse, James and Dhillon, Gurpreet (1997) Managing for secure organizations: a review of information systems security research approaches. In: Avison, David, (ed.) Key issues in information systems: proceedings of the 2nd UKAIS conference, University of Southampton, 2-4 April 1997. McGraw-Hill, Maidenhead, UK, pp. 377-390. ISBN 9780077094171

1996

Backhouse, James and Dhillon, Gurpreet (1996) Structures of responsibility and security of information systems. European journal of information systems, 5 (1). pp. 2-9. ISSN 0960-085x

Backhouse, James (1996) The security of smart cards: some obstacles still to be cleared? Journal of financial crime, 3 (4). pp. 353-359. ISSN 1359-0790

1995

Dhillon, Gurpreet and Backhouse, James (1995) Computer fraud: its management and control. In: Reuvid, Jonathan, (ed.) The regulation and prevention of economic crime internationally. Kogan Page, London, UK, pp. 81-89. ISBN 9780749415396

Dhillon, Gurpreet and Backhouse, James (1995) Risks in the use of information technology within organizations. International journal of information management, 16 (1). pp. 65-74. ISSN 0268-4012

Backhouse, James and Dhillon, G (1995) Managing computer crime: a research outlook. Computers and security, 14 (7). pp. 645-651. ISSN 0167-4048

Backhouse, James (1995) Getting the adjustment right: controls and computer security. Journal of financial crime, 3 (1). pp. 56-59. ISSN 1359-0790

1991

Backhouse, James and Liebenau, Jonathan and Land, Frank (1991) On the discipline of information systems. Information systems journal, 1 (1). pp. 19-27. ISSN 1350-1917

Backhouse, James and Liebenau, Jonathan (1991) The misguided emphasis on technology in information systems. Computers in education, 1 (1). ISSN 1069-3769

1990

Liebenau, Jonathan and Backhouse, James (1990) Understanding information: an introduction. Palgrave Macmillan, London, UK. ISBN 9780333536803

1989

Althaus, K. and Backhouse, James (1989) A legal expert system. In: Doukidis, Georgios and Land, Frank and Miller, G., (eds.) Knowledge based management support systems: computerized assistance in the information systems life cycle. Ellis Horwood, Chichester, UK, pp. 313-326. ISBN 9780745805313

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