Information security awareness through the use of social media

Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha and Md Ali, Asma and Talib, Shuhaili and Mahmud, Murni (2015) Information security awareness through the use of social media. In: 5th International Conference on Information & Communication Technology for The Muslim World (ICT4M 2014), 17th - 19th November 2014, Kuching, Sarawak.

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Abstract

The proliferation of online social media use amongst employees has been reported to be incriminating organizational information security. Despite the benefits of social media to organizations, there were cases of information leakage, malware, identity theft, espionage and sabotage through such use. This paper explores employees' awareness of information security around social media and presents the initial findings of a study on a tertiary education institution in Malaysia. As an extension to a previous study, this study also found that employees were not only disclosing personal information but they are also disclosing organizational information on social media. This indicates there is a potential for information security threats to organizations through employees' use of social media. Nevertheless, the findings demonstrate that some participants were aware about the implications of employees' use of social media to information security.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	5341/40254
Uncontrolled Keywords:	information security management, information security awareness, information leakage, social media, social networking
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General) > T10.5 Communication of technical information
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology
Depositing User:	Dr. Nurul Nuha Abdul Molok
Date Deposited:	23 Dec 2014 17:02
Last Modified:	17 Oct 2019 16:42
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/40254

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