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标题：Effectiveness of information security awareness methods based on psychological theories
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作者：Bilal Khan ; Khaled S. Alghathbar ; Syed Irfan Nabi 等
期刊名称：African Journal of Business Management
印刷版ISSN：1993-8233
出版年度：2011
卷号：5
期号：26
页码：10862-10868
DOI：10.5897/AJBM11.067
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：Effective user security awareness campaign can greatly enhance the information assurance posture of an organization. Information security includes organizational aspects, legal aspects, institutionalization and applications of best practices in addition to security technologies. User awareness represents a significant challenge in the security domain, with the human factor ultimately being the element that is exploited in a variety of attack scenarios. Information security awareness program is a critical component in any organizations strategy. In contrast to other information security awareness work which mostly explains methods and techniques for raising information security awareness; this paper discusses and evaluates the effectiveness of different information security awareness tools and techniques on the basis of psychological theories and models. Finally, it describes how to measure information security awareness in an organization.
关键词：Information security; awareness; effectiveness; psychological; management