Abstract
Employees play a crucial role in enhancing information security in the workplace, and this requires everyone having the requisite security knowledge and know-how. To maximise knowledge levels, organisations should encourage and facilitate Security Knowledge Sharing (SKS) between employees. To maximise sharing, we need first to understand the mechanisms whereby such sharing takes place and then to encourage and engender such sharing. A study was carried out to test the applicability of Transactive Memory Systems Theory in describing knowledge sharing in this context, which confirmed its applicability in this domain. To encourage security knowledge sharing, the harnessing of Self-Determination Theory was proposed— satisfying employee autonomy, relatedness and competence needs to maximise sharing. Such sharing is required to improve and enhance employee security awareness across organisations. We propose a model to describe the mechanisms for such sharing as well as the means by which it can be encouraged.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Information systems |
Subtitle of host publication | 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference, EMCIS 2019, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, December 9–10, 2019, Proceedings |
Editors | Marinos Themistocleous, Maria Papadaki |
Place of Publication | Cham |
Publisher | Springer |
Pages | 376-390 |
Number of pages | 15 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9783030443221 |
ISBN (Print) | 9783030443214 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Jun 2020 |
Event | 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems - British University in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Duration: 9 Dec 2019 → 10 Dec 2019 Conference number: 16th https://web.archive.org/web/20190921174404/http://emcis.eu/ |
Publication series
Name | Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) |
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Publisher | Springer |
Volume | 381 |
ISSN (Print) | 1865-1348 |
ISSN (Electronic) | 1865-1356 |
Conference
Conference | 16th European, Mediterranean, and Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems |
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Abbreviated title | EMCIS 2019 |
Country/Territory | United Arab Emirates |
City | Dubai |
Period | 9/12/19 → 10/12/19 |
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Keywords
- Security Knowledge Sharing
- Security awareness
- Transactive Memory System
- Self-determination theory