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标题：Critical Evaluation of the Challenges Associated With Information System Security Awareness
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作者：Mansoor Ahmed Alshehi ; Muthu Ramachandran ; Hissam Tawfik 等
期刊名称：International Journal of Computer Science and Information Technologies
电子版ISSN：0975-9646
出版年度：2018
卷号：9
期号：3
页码：73-86
出版社：TechScience Publications
摘要：Information system (IS) security is fundamental to protect the confidential data from unwanted threats. Similarly, with respect to security agencies in public sector, the protection IS assets is important from both internal and external security. Mostly, it is found that organizations widely focus on external security while overlooked the internal security measures mainly associated with the human resource i.e. behaviour of IS users toward security. Therefore, thisstudy specifically focuses on the awareness of human resourcesince employees in an organization must be aware of thesignificance of the systems’ protection as they playfundamental role in securing or destroying IS of anorganization. This study sheds light on the awareness amongthe employees in the UAE law enforcement agencies since theyare responsible for the protection of homeland as well as thepublic data and information due to which the high level ofsecurity have to be ensured. The methodology adopted toachieve the study purpose is based on the quantitative methodin which survey was conducted from randomly selected 500employees working in the UAE law enforcement agencies. Theresults revealed that the awareness and behaviourcompetencies of IS users about security controls develop agreater sense of protecting and securing the potentialinformation assets of an organization, but in the UAE lawenforcement agencies, the unsatisfactory level of awarenesshas been identified. In result, Information System SecurityAwareness and Behaviour Competence Model (ISSABCM) isdeveloped and suggested for the UAE law enforcementagencies that matches with their culture as well as fill the gapsin existing awareness models.