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Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University

Information security for organizations such as educational sectors is gaining more importance as the implementation of technical solutions deployed to increase business efficiency. Information security technological implementation is insufficient to withstand threats that evolve with wider implement...

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Main Author: Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O.
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2019
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
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spelling my.utm.966732022-08-15T08:35:56Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96673/ Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O. QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Information security for organizations such as educational sectors is gaining more importance as the implementation of technical solutions deployed to increase business efficiency. Information security technological implementation is insufficient to withstand threats that evolve with wider implementations of technologies the more technology is implemented the more threat probability pushes in. The fact that information security relies on three ties which are the technology, process and people. Processes can govern people behaviour by policies, however people still need a broader understanding of process and technology to be aware of expected threats and how their attitude and behaviours are going to evolve. Information security awareness indicates the understanding and behaviour of in information security. The information security awareness of employees should be measured to improve control strategies such as training or to determine the security maturity of an organization. In this research an adequate instrument, the Human Aspects Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q). This instrument was administered to employees and students of Taibah University by an online web-based survey testing the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour across the models seven policy-based focus areas. Initial results indicate that HAIS-Q to be valid, reliable and suitable for comparable analysis. The model is able to measure information security awareness in its seven coverage focus areas. Results obtained indicated above average ISA level on tested sample using HAIS-Q model . 2019 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96673/1/AbdulAzizAbdullahMSC2019.pdf.pdf Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O. (2019) Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia. http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:143072
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O.
Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
description Information security for organizations such as educational sectors is gaining more importance as the implementation of technical solutions deployed to increase business efficiency. Information security technological implementation is insufficient to withstand threats that evolve with wider implementations of technologies the more technology is implemented the more threat probability pushes in. The fact that information security relies on three ties which are the technology, process and people. Processes can govern people behaviour by policies, however people still need a broader understanding of process and technology to be aware of expected threats and how their attitude and behaviours are going to evolve. Information security awareness indicates the understanding and behaviour of in information security. The information security awareness of employees should be measured to improve control strategies such as training or to determine the security maturity of an organization. In this research an adequate instrument, the Human Aspects Information Security Questionnaire (HAIS-Q). This instrument was administered to employees and students of Taibah University by an online web-based survey testing the knowledge, attitudes and behaviour across the models seven policy-based focus areas. Initial results indicate that HAIS-Q to be valid, reliable and suitable for comparable analysis. The model is able to measure information security awareness in its seven coverage focus areas. Results obtained indicated above average ISA level on tested sample using HAIS-Q model .
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author Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O.
author_facet Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O.
author_sort Alaskary, Abdulaziz Abdullah O.
title Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
title_short Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
title_full Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
title_fullStr Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
title_full_unstemmed Evaluating human factors of information security awareness in Taibah University
title_sort evaluating human factors of information security awareness in taibah university
publishDate 2019
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/96673/1/AbdulAzizAbdullahMSC2019.pdf.pdf
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