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Employee Security Behaviour: The Importance of Education and Policies in Organisational Settings

In: Advances in Information Systems Development

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  • Lena Y. Connolly

    (National University of Ireland Galway)

  • Michael Lang

    (National University of Ireland Galway)

  • Doug J. Tygar

    (University of California)

Abstract

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, while their absence tends to lead to non-compliant behaviour.

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  • Lena Y. Connolly & Michael Lang & Doug J. Tygar, 2018. "Employee Security Behaviour: The Importance of Education and Policies in Organisational Settings," Lecture Notes in Information Systems and Organization, in: Nearchos Paspallis & Marios Raspopoulos & Chris Barry & Michael Lang & Henry Linger & Christoph Schn (ed.), Advances in Information Systems Development, pages 79-96, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:lnichp:978-3-319-74817-7_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-74817-7_6
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