Wasting Time: The Mission Impossible with Respect to Technology‑Oriented Security Approaches

Authors

  • Andreas Wagner
  • Carole Brooke

Keywords:

critical research, ICT security, organizational misbehaviour, learning, compliance

Abstract

Security is still too orientated towards technology and behavioural aspects are under prioritized. Organisations focus on the ability of technology to minimise risks. This paper as a preliminary research of a PhD thesis will argue that this assumption and approach is misguided, so we will focus on how a critical approach is more useful to exposing these issues. The key to secure systems is employees' perception and the action they take in accordance with the learned and perceived need for an understanding of compliance. The paper is about critical approaches to research and it just happens to be information and communication technology (ICT) that is the subject area.

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Published

1 Jul 2007

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (2007)

Section

Articles

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