A prototype for enhancing information security awareness in industry
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Kritzinger, E.
Smith, E.
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2009-06
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en
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Awareness model , Information security awareness , Information security awareness programs , Human-related information security
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Human-related information security breaches within organizations are primarily caused by employees who have not been made aware of the importance of protecting the information they work with. Information security awareness is accordingly attracting more attention from industry, because stakeholders are held accountable for the information with which they work. The authors developed an Information Security Retrieval and Awareness model – entitled “ISRA” – that is tailored specifically towards enhancing information security awareness in industry amongst all users of information, to address shortcomings in existing information security awareness models. This paper is principally aimed at expounding a prototype for the ISRA model to highlight the advantages of utilizing the model. The prototype will focus on the non-technical, human-related information security issues in industry. The prototype will ensure that all stakeholders in an organization are part of an information security awareness process, and that these stakeholders are able to retrieve specific information related to information security issues relevant to their job category, preventing them from being overburdened with redundant information.
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Kritzinger, E. & Smith, E. 2009, 'A prototype for enhancing information security awareness in industry', Proceedings of the World Academy of Science Engineering and Technology, vol. 54, pp. 521-530.
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2070-3724