TY - GEN
T1 - The impact of procedural security countermeasures on employee security behaviour
T2 - 26th International Conference on Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management, ISD 2017
AU - Connolly, Alena Yuryna
AU - Lang, Michael
AU - Tygar, Doug J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ISD 2017.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The growing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious risk to the confidentiality of personal and commercially sensitive data. Current research studies indicate that humans are the weakest link in the information security chain and the root cause of numerous security incidents in organisations. Based on literature gaps, this study investigates how procedural security countermeasures tend to affect employee security behaviour. Data for this study was collected in organisations located in the United States and Ireland. Results suggest that procedural security countermeasures are inclined to promote security-cautious behaviour in organisations, while their absence tends to lead to non-compliant behaviour.
AB - The growing number of information security breaches in organisations presents a serious risk to the confidentiality of personal and commercially sensitive data. Current research studies indicate that humans are the weakest link in the information security chain and the root cause of numerous security incidents in organisations. Based on literature gaps, this study investigates how procedural security countermeasures tend to affect employee security behaviour. Data for this study was collected in organisations located in the United States and Ireland. Results suggest that procedural security countermeasures are inclined to promote security-cautious behaviour in organisations, while their absence tends to lead to non-compliant behaviour.
KW - Employee Security Behaviour
KW - Information Security Awareness
KW - Information Security Policy
KW - Security Education
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85068882917
M3 - Conference Publication
AN - SCOPUS:85068882917
T3 - Information Systems Development: Advances in Methods, Tools and Management - Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Information Systems Development, ISD 2017
BT - Information Systems Development
A2 - Paspallis, Nearchos
A2 - Raspopoulos, Marios
A2 - Barry, Chris
A2 - Lang, Michael
A2 - Linger, Henry
A2 - Schneider, Christoph
PB - Association for Information Systems
Y2 - 6 September 2017 through 8 September 2017
ER -