scholarly journals A Simple Assessment of Information Security Awareness in Hospital Staff Across Five Danish Regions

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Schmidt ◽  
Christian Nøhr ◽  
Ross Koppel
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Medical Profession ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Hospital Staff ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Security Awareness ◽  
Information Security Awareness ◽  
Computer Proficiency ◽  
System Usability

Information Security Awareness among employees in healthcare has become an essential part in safeguarding health information systems against cyber-attacks and data breaches. We present three simple security awareness questions that can be included in larger surveys gauging other aspects of information systems. The questions have been tested in a national Danish survey to evaluate correlations among medical profession, computer proficiency, experience, and place of employment. We find that dissatisfaction with system usability is strongly linked with reduced information security awareness, and that clinical professions have different responses to security concerns.

A Study of Cyber Security Awareness in Educational Environment in the Middle East

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (01) ◽  
pp. 1650007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samaher Al-Janabi ◽  
Ibrahim Al-Shourbaji
Keyword(s):  
Middle East ◽  
Information Security ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Cyber Security ◽  
Training Programs ◽  
Academic Staff ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Security Awareness ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Information Security Awareness

Information security awareness can play an important role in facing cyber-attacks by intruders. The main goal of this paper is to analyse the information security awareness among academic staff, researchers, undergraduate students and employee within educational environments in the Middle East in an attempt to understand the level of awareness of information security, the associated risks and overall impact on the institutions. The results reveal that the participants do not have the requisite knowledge and understanding of the importance of information security principles and their practical application in their day-to-day work. This situation can however be corrected through comprehensive awareness and training programs as well as adopting all the necessary safety measures at all levels of the institution to ensure that the students, academic staff and employees are trustworthy, technology savvy and keep their data safe. Without such training programs and awareness, there will be negative consequences on IT systems and their application usage, as well as on users’ personal security now and in the future. From the weaknesses identified in this survey, some essential recommendations are put forward to remedy the situation.

Enterprise Information Security Awareness and Behavior as an Element of Security Culture During Remote Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 119-138
Author(s):  
Nur Sena Tanriverdi ◽  
Bilgin Metin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Cyber Attacks ◽  
Security Awareness ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Enterprise Information ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Information Security Awareness ◽  
Information Security Behavior ◽  
Work From Home ◽  
Security Behavior

It's the first time that many users are operating their work from home. There is not only the tension of the uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic but also a time for adjusting people to their remote working habits considering ever-increasing cyber-attacks. When employees work in an office, there is an IT team working with them closely for their information security problems. However, it is difficult to provide sufficient information security protection that can compensate for human errors in remote working. Information security familiarity, information security awareness, and information security behavior are critical concepts to consider again during the pandemic as the new normal. In this chapter, a literature review will be conducted for information security awareness and information security familiarity concepts. Analysis of the context of these concepts is the aim of this chapter. This study can give insight to understand, evaluate, and determine the information security behavior of employees during new remote working conditions.

Raising information security awareness in the academic setting

VINE ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew Cox ◽  
Sarah Connolly ◽  
James Currall
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Security Awareness ◽  
Academic Setting ◽  
Information Security Awareness
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