Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors

Organizations are adopting security policies to protect critical information, despite the fact that IT users frequently violate these standards. Numerous factors affecting user compliance have been identified in previous research, but few research findings have addressed human and organizational fac...

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Main Authors: Angraini, Angraini, Alias, Rose Alinda, Okfalisa, Okfalisa
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Published: Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99741/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_53
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spelling my.utm.997412023-03-19T10:26:14Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99741/ Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors Angraini, Angraini Alias, Rose Alinda Okfalisa, Okfalisa QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Organizations are adopting security policies to protect critical information, despite the fact that IT users frequently violate these standards. Numerous factors affecting user compliance have been identified in previous research, but few research findings have addressed human and organizational factors. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the human and organizational factors that influence user adherence to policies. The variables examined included leadership, organizational commitment, rewards, awareness, behavioral intentions, and habits, all of which were gender-related. This is a quantitative study that includes offline and online surveys of university users in Indonesia. The findings indicated that the awareness variable had the greatest effect, while the reward variable had no effect. This research is expected to contribute to an understanding of how to comply with information security policies. Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH 2022 Article PeerReviewed Angraini, Angraini and Alias, Rose Alinda and Okfalisa, Okfalisa (2022) Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors. Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies, 127 (NA). pp. 641-650. ISSN 2367-4512 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_53 DOI : 10.1007/978-3-030-98741-1_53
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Angraini, Angraini
Alias, Rose Alinda
Okfalisa, Okfalisa
Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
description Organizations are adopting security policies to protect critical information, despite the fact that IT users frequently violate these standards. Numerous factors affecting user compliance have been identified in previous research, but few research findings have addressed human and organizational factors. The purpose of this study is to ascertain the human and organizational factors that influence user adherence to policies. The variables examined included leadership, organizational commitment, rewards, awareness, behavioral intentions, and habits, all of which were gender-related. This is a quantitative study that includes offline and online surveys of university users in Indonesia. The findings indicated that the awareness variable had the greatest effect, while the reward variable had no effect. This research is expected to contribute to an understanding of how to comply with information security policies.
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author Angraini, Angraini
Alias, Rose Alinda
Okfalisa, Okfalisa
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Alias, Rose Alinda
Okfalisa, Okfalisa
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title Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
title_short Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
title_full Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
title_fullStr Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
title_full_unstemmed Information security policy compliance: An exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
title_sort information security policy compliance: an exploration of user behaviour and organizational factors
publisher Springer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
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url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/99741/
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