DocumentCode
3318014
Title
Senior Executives Commitment to Information Security - from Motivation to Responsibility
Author
Kajava, Jorma ; Anttila, Juhani ; Varonen, Rauno ; Savola, Reijo ; Röning, Juha
Author_Institution
Lapland Univ., Rovaniemi
Volume
2
fYear
2006
fDate
3-6 Nov. 2006
Firstpage
1519
Lastpage
1522
Abstract
For senior executives, information security is a basic requirement for business success. Yet, despite being well-motivated, top managers often have only a superficial understanding of information security, which may lead them to make decisions that are not conducive to raising the organization´s security level. Enhancing information security awareness among all employees has been found necessary, but the key to success is raising the awareness level of senior management. Playing a decisive role, they must assume overall responsibility for information security. The question is how to achieve this in an efficient and natural way
Keywords
information management; security of data; business success; information security awareness; motivation; organization security; responsibility; senior executives; Collaborative work; Companies; Costs; Delay; ISO standards; Information management; Information security; Outsourcing; Safety; Subcontracting;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Computational Intelligence and Security, 2006 International Conference on
Conference_Location
Guangzhou
Print_ISBN
1-4244-0605-6
Electronic_ISBN
1-4244-0605-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ICCIAS.2006.295314
Filename
4076220
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