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A Model of Information Security Awareness for Assessing Information Security Risk for Emerging Technologies

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  • Roberto J. Mejias
  • Pierre A. Balthazard

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Information systems (IS) that interconnect emerging technologies have rendered organizations increasingly vulnerable to emerging information technology (IT) attacks. Drawing on IS concepts such as systems and cybernetic theory, technological threat avoidance theory (TTAT) and general deterrence theory (GDT), this study develops an IS security (ISS) risk model that contributes to an understanding of information security awareness (ISA) and the assessment of ISS risk. Results indicate that technical knowledge, organizational impact and attacker assessment generate significant positive path coefficients with ISA. However, the constructs organizational impact and attacker assessment generated stronger path coefficients with ISA than technical knowledge. Research model results also indicate that ISA is strongly associated with ISS risk.

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  • Roberto J. Mejias & Pierre A. Balthazard, 2014. "A Model of Information Security Awareness for Assessing Information Security Risk for Emerging Technologies," Journal of Information Privacy and Security, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 10(4), pages 160-185, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:uipsxx:v:10:y:2014:i:4:p:160-185
    DOI: 10.1080/15536548.2014.974407
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    1. Somia Moh. T. L. Ashafee* & Nur Haryani Zakaria & Hatim Mohamad Tahir & Norliza Katuk & Mohd Nizam Omar, 2018. "Security Behaviors on Social Network Sites Used For Academic Purposes: A Comparison of Security Preparedness and Awareness among IT and Non-IT Postgraduate Students," The Journal of Social Sciences Research, Academic Research Publishing Group, pages 839-846:6.

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