Exploring the use of online social networking by employees: Looking at the potential for information leakage

Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha and Ahmad, Atif and Chang, Shanton (2011) Exploring the use of online social networking by employees: Looking at the potential for information leakage. In: Pacific Asia Conference on Information Systems, 7 - 11 July 2011, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

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Abstract

The proliferation of online social networking (OSN) in recent years has caused organizations information security threats due to disclosure of information by their employees on their sites. The accessibility of OSN to anyone, at any time, using any devices, causes confidential and sensitive organizational information to be disclosed to unauthorised individuals, whether accidentally or intentionally. This study aims to explore this current phenomenon by investigating OSN use behaviour among employees that leads to information leakage through the lens of Decomposed Theory of Planned Behavior. It also seeks to investigate the strategies utilized by organizations to control such use and propose a control framework that effectively safeguards organizational information security from this threat.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Full Paper)
Additional Information:	5341/8844
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Information leakage, unauthorized disclosure, online social networking, social media, information security management
Subjects:	H Social Sciences > H Social Sciences (General) > H61.8 Communication of information T Technology > T Technology (General) > T55.4 Industrial engineering.Management engineering. > T58.6 Management information systems
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
Depositing User:	Dr. Nurul Nuha Abdul Molok
Date Deposited:	29 Oct 2013 15:31
Last Modified:	29 Oct 2013 15:31
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/8844

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