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The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL

IS security awareness plays a significant role in the process of the overall information security of any organisation. Based on an empirical study of 368 academic staff in three institutions of higher learning (IHL), we found that the level of information security awareness can be considered good, b...

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Main Authors: Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar, Bari, Md Ahsanul, Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim, Abd Rahim, Yahaya, Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani, Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain
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Published: Penerbit Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2018
Online Access:http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21626/2/4353-11506-1-PB.pdf
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spelling my.utem.eprints.216262023-08-01T11:51:34Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21626/ The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar Bari, Md Ahsanul Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim Abd Rahim, Yahaya Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain IS security awareness plays a significant role in the process of the overall information security of any organisation. Based on an empirical study of 368 academic staff in three institutions of higher learning (IHL), we found that the level of information security awareness can be considered good, but it can certainly be improved further. Employees need further training in this area mainly at institutions which only recently received the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. Our sample seems to suggest that demographics such as the age of the respondents contributed to their information security risk tolerance and adherence behaviour. Penerbit Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka 2018-07 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21626/2/4353-11506-1-PB.pdf Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar and Bari, Md Ahsanul and Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim and Abd Rahim, Yahaya and Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani and Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain (2018) The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL. Journal Of Telecommunication Electronic And Computer Engineering (JTEC), 10 (2-5). pp. 65-68. ISSN 2289-8131 http://journal.utem.edu.my/index.php/jtec/article/view/4353
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description IS security awareness plays a significant role in the process of the overall information security of any organisation. Based on an empirical study of 368 academic staff in three institutions of higher learning (IHL), we found that the level of information security awareness can be considered good, but it can certainly be improved further. Employees need further training in this area mainly at institutions which only recently received the ISO/IEC 27001:2013 certification. Our sample seems to suggest that demographics such as the age of the respondents contributed to their information security risk tolerance and adherence behaviour.
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author Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar
Bari, Md Ahsanul
Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim
Abd Rahim, Yahaya
Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani
Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain
spellingShingle Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar
Bari, Md Ahsanul
Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim
Abd Rahim, Yahaya
Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani
Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain
The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
author_facet Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar
Bari, Md Ahsanul
Che Pee @ Che Hanapi, Ahmad Naim
Abd Rahim, Yahaya
Sulaiman, Hamzah Asyrani
Alqahtani, Fayez Hussain
author_sort Othman, Mohd Fairuz Iskandar
title The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
title_short The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
title_full The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
title_fullStr The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
title_full_unstemmed The level of information security awareness among academic staff in IHL
title_sort level of information security awareness among academic staff in ihl
publisher Penerbit Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka
publishDate 2018
url http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/21626/2/4353-11506-1-PB.pdf
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http://journal.utem.edu.my/index.php/jtec/article/view/4353
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