A case analysis of securing organisations against information leakage through online social networking

• Main Authors: Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha, Ahmad, Atif, Chang, Shanton
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English; English
• Published: Elsevier 2018
• Subjects: H61.8 Communication of information; T10.5 Communication of technical information; T58.5 Information technology; T58.6 Management information systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/66930/12/66930_A%20case%20analysis%20of%20securing%20organisations_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66930/18/66930_A%20case%20analysis%20of%20securing%20organisations.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66930/19/66930_A%20case%20analysis%20of%20securing%20organisations_WOS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66930/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401218308685?via%3Dihub

The inadvertent leakage of sensitive information through Online Social Networking (OSN) represents a significant source of security risk to organisations. Leakage of sensitive information such as trade secrets, intellectual property and personal details of employees can result in a loss of competitive advantage, loss of reputation, and erosion of client trust. We present 4 case studies which examine drivers for employee leakage behaviour and corresponding security management strategies. Drawing on these case studies, we present a maturity framework for organisational OSN Leakage Mitigation Capability (OSN-LMC) and lessons learned from the case analysis.