Information security within a business depends on more than an organization's ability to successfully manage incidents on an individual basis. It should include the underlying social dynamics within employee groups, according to researchers from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.
In a joint effort among researchers across the University of Alabama System opens a new website, a new study looks at why certain employee groups are more capable than others in recognizing and responding to information security incidents in a manner consistent with the organization's security policies and procedures.
"Information security is a growing concern for most organizations," said Jack Howard, Ph.D., professor in the UAB Collat School of Business and interim chair of the Department of Management, Information Systems and Quantitative Methods. "Most often, it is looked at on an individual level. By examining how groups of employees react to information security breaches, we are able to find patterns of why one unit is more successful than another."
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