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Information security culture: a survey in small and medium sized enterprises

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Summary:Information security is a relevant fact for current organizations. There are factors inextricably linked to this issue, and one cannot talk about information security in an organization without addressing and understanding the information security culture of that institution. Maximizing the organizational culture within an organization will enable the safeguard of information security. For that, we need to understand which the inhibiting and the enabling factors are. This study contributes to point out those factors by presenting the results of a survey concerning information security culture in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).
Main Authors:Lopes, Isabel Maria
Other Authors:Oliveira, Pedro
Year:2014
Country:Portugal
Document type:conference poster
Access type:open access
Associated institution:Instituto Politécnico de Bragança
Language:English
Origin:Biblioteca Digital do IPB
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Summary:Information security is a relevant fact for current organizations. There are factors inextricably linked to this issue, and one cannot talk about information security in an organization without addressing and understanding the information security culture of that institution. Maximizing the organizational culture within an organization will enable the safeguard of information security. For that, we need to understand which the inhibiting and the enabling factors are. This study contributes to point out those factors by presenting the results of a survey concerning information security culture in small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs).