Critical information security challenges: an appraisal
Information is one of the most crucial assets of current day organizations. However, managing this information has become a never ending challenge. Adequate security and privacy are of great essence for information systems containing valuable data and information. Leakage of such information can fac...
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| author | Shuhaib Mir, Mohammad Wani , Sharyar Ibrahim, Jamaludin |
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| description | Information is one of the most crucial assets of current day organizations. However, managing this information has become a never ending challenge. Adequate security and privacy are of great essence for information systems containing valuable data and information. Leakage of such information can facilitate large-scale identity theft and successful impersonation of a victim lets the identity thief commit fraud. Identity theft occurs when someone uses another individual’s personal information to pose as that individual.
This study highlights the importance of information security management in organizations and identifies various critical security challenges that often lead to information leakage within the organizations. Qualitative method of research has been employed for data collection and analysis. The results obtained are categorized into eleven critical security challenges in order of the number of cases reported for each of them. |
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| spelling | oai:generic.eprints.org:310022013-08-13T21:21:34Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/31002/ Critical information security challenges: an appraisal Shuhaib Mir, Mohammad Wani , Sharyar Ibrahim, Jamaludin H61.8 Communication of information T58.5 Information technology Information is one of the most crucial assets of current day organizations. However, managing this information has become a never ending challenge. Adequate security and privacy are of great essence for information systems containing valuable data and information. Leakage of such information can facilitate large-scale identity theft and successful impersonation of a victim lets the identity thief commit fraud. Identity theft occurs when someone uses another individual’s personal information to pose as that individual. This study highlights the importance of information security management in organizations and identifies various critical security challenges that often lead to information leakage within the organizations. Qualitative method of research has been employed for data collection and analysis. The results obtained are categorized into eleven critical security challenges in order of the number of cases reported for each of them. 2013 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31002/1/Table_of_Content.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/31002/2/86.pdf Shuhaib Mir, Mohammad and Wani , Sharyar and Ibrahim, Jamaludin (2013) Critical information security challenges: an appraisal. In: The 4th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), 25-27 Mar 2013, Rabat Moroco. http://ict4m.org/ |
| spellingShingle | H61.8 Communication of information T58.5 Information technology Shuhaib Mir, Mohammad Wani , Sharyar Ibrahim, Jamaludin Critical information security challenges: an appraisal |
| title | Critical information security challenges: an appraisal |
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| topic | H61.8 Communication of information T58.5 Information technology |
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