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Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory

Ensuring information security compliance is essential for securing organizational data. However, comprehending the factors that impact employees' compliance behavior remains challenging. Scholars have proposed that an established Information Security Culture (ISC) in organization may impact emp...

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Main Authors: Alrawhani, Ebrahim Mohammed, Awanis, Romli
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Language:English
Published: IJITLS, UAE 2024
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43506/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20Framework%20to%20Enhance%20Information%20Security%20Culture%20and%20Compliance%20Behavior%20in%20Organizations%20through%20Protection%20Motivation%20Theory.pdf
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spelling my.ump.umpir.435062025-01-06T01:20:10Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43506/ Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory Alrawhani, Ebrahim Mohammed Awanis, Romli QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Ensuring information security compliance is essential for securing organizational data. However, comprehending the factors that impact employees' compliance behavior remains challenging. Scholars have proposed that an established Information Security Culture (ISC) in organization may impact employee compliance with policies of information security. Existing models often address only partial aspects of Information Security Culture (ISC) or lack integration of comprehensive behavioral theories. The aim of this study is to propose an enhanced conceptual framework that identifies all elements of ISC and their influence on employees' compliance with the policies of information security. Aligning with well-established concepts of organizational culture and ISC, the framework was developed by incorporating important elements from the literature. The employees’ information security behavior was explained by the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to offer comprehensive insights about compliance behavior. It is believed that this conceptual framework will provide more precise results on the correlations between ISC and compliance behavior of employees towards information security regulations. IJITLS, UAE 2024 Article PeerReviewed pdf en cc_by_4 http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43506/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20Framework%20to%20Enhance%20Information%20Security%20Culture%20and%20Compliance%20Behavior%20in%20Organizations%20through%20Protection%20Motivation%20Theory.pdf Alrawhani, Ebrahim Mohammed and Awanis, Romli (2024) Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory. International Journal of Information Technology and Language Studies (IJITLS), 8 (2). pp. 32-39. ISSN 2521-8727. (Published) https://journals.sfu.ca/ijitls/index.php/ijitls/article/view/379
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Alrawhani, Ebrahim Mohammed
Awanis, Romli
Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
description Ensuring information security compliance is essential for securing organizational data. However, comprehending the factors that impact employees' compliance behavior remains challenging. Scholars have proposed that an established Information Security Culture (ISC) in organization may impact employee compliance with policies of information security. Existing models often address only partial aspects of Information Security Culture (ISC) or lack integration of comprehensive behavioral theories. The aim of this study is to propose an enhanced conceptual framework that identifies all elements of ISC and their influence on employees' compliance with the policies of information security. Aligning with well-established concepts of organizational culture and ISC, the framework was developed by incorporating important elements from the literature. The employees’ information security behavior was explained by the Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) to offer comprehensive insights about compliance behavior. It is believed that this conceptual framework will provide more precise results on the correlations between ISC and compliance behavior of employees towards information security regulations.
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author Alrawhani, Ebrahim Mohammed
Awanis, Romli
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title Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
title_short Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
title_full Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
title_fullStr Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
title_full_unstemmed Conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
title_sort conceptualizing a framework to enhance information security culture and compliance behavior in organizations through protection motivation theory
publisher IJITLS, UAE
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url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43506/1/Conceptualizing%20a%20Framework%20to%20Enhance%20Information%20Security%20Culture%20and%20Compliance%20Behavior%20in%20Organizations%20through%20Protection%20Motivation%20Theory.pdf
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/43506/
https://journals.sfu.ca/ijitls/index.php/ijitls/article/view/379
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