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Information security and employee behaviour : how to reduce risk through employee education, training and awareness / Angus McIlwraith

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Aldershot : Gower , 2006Description: vi, 169σ. ; 25εκISBN:
  • 0566086476
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.302 21 εκδ.
Other classification:
  • 13.03.1
Summary: Research suggests that between 60-75% of all information security incidents are the result of a lack of knowledge and/or understanding amongst an organization's own staff. And yet the great majority of money spent protecting systems is focuced on creating technical defences against external threats. Angus McIlwraith's book explains how corporate culture affects perceptions of risk and information security, and how this in turn affects employee behaviour. He then provides a very pragmatic solution involving strategies and techniques for educating and training employees in information security and explains how different metrics can be used to assess awareness and behaviour.
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Research suggests that between 60-75% of all information security incidents are the result of a lack of knowledge and/or understanding amongst an organization's own staff. And yet the great majority of money spent protecting systems is focuced on creating technical defences against external threats. Angus McIlwraith's book explains how corporate culture affects perceptions of risk and information security, and how this in turn affects employee behaviour. He then provides a very pragmatic solution involving strategies and techniques for educating and training employees in information security and explains how different metrics can be used to assess awareness and behaviour.

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