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The Contributions of Information Security Culture and Human Relations to the Improvement of Situational Awareness

The Contributions of Information Security Culture and Human Relations to the Improvement of Situational Awareness
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Author(s): Janne Merete Hagen (Norwegian Defence Research Establishment, Norway)
Copyright: 2012
Pages: 19
Source title: Situational Awareness in Computer Network Defense: Principles, Methods and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Cyril Onwubiko (Research Series Ltd, UK)and Thomas Owens (Brunel University, UK)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-0104-8.ch002

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Abstract

The chapter gives an overview of business practices and how people and human relations influence situational awareness and information security in an organization. There is still a long way to go in training employees in information security and improving employees’ information security awareness. Motivated and trained employees have the ability to detect and report security weaknesses and breaches, including near-miss incidents, and in this way, they may provide a valuable defense-in-depth-capability that is often lacking. The chapter discusses two approaches to overcome the barriers to building situational awareness promulgated in the general deterrence theory and socio-technical theory.

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