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A brief study of information security and ethics awareness as an imperative component of management information systems

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Max M. North,

Roy George,

Sarah M. NorthAuthors Info & Claims

ACMSE '07: Proceedings of the 45th annual ACM Southeast Conference

Pages 515 - 516

https://doi.org/10.1145/1233341.1233441

Published: 23 March 2007 Publication History

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In today's global economy, information security and awareness is an absolutely essential component of any management information system. Furthermore, the importance of information security and awareness is even more vital in university environments. Like other organizations, universities provide users with access to an immense amount of information and resources. As such, it is supremely important for students and faculty to be aware of security and ethical issues associated with the usage of these information resources. This paper briefly examines the data collected from a survey of computer science majors and non-majors enrolled in an introductory computer literacy course. The preliminary results of this survey reports that computer science majors were equally or slightly more aware of information security and ethics than non-majors. Finally, authors provide brief recommendations. This is a work in progress; detailed results and conclusions will be provided in future publications.

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A brief study of information security and ethics awareness as an imperative component of management information systems
1. Security and privacy
2. Social and professional topics
  1. Computing / technology policy
    1. Computer crime
  2. Professional topics
    1. Computing profession
      1. Codes of ethics
    2. Management of computing and information systems
      1. File systems management
      2. System management

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DOI:10.1145/1233341

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Filippidis AHilas CFilippidis GPolitis A(2018)Information security awareness of greek higher education students — Preliminary findings2018 7th International Conference on Modern Circuits and Systems Technologies (MOCAST)10.1109/MOCAST.2018.8376578(1-4)Online publication date: May-2018
https://doi.org/10.1109/MOCAST.2018.8376578
Aldossary AZeki A(2015)Web User' Knowledge and Their Behavior towards Security Threats and Vulnerabilities2015 4th International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT)10.1109/ACSAT.2015.51(256-260)Online publication date: Dec-2015
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSAT.2015.51
Aldossary AZeki A(2013)The Influence of Students' Knowledge on Security towards Their Behavior with Security Risks within the Context of Saudi Arabia2013 International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies10.1109/ACSAT.2013.9(1-4)Online publication date: Dec-2013
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSAT.2013.9
Masrom MIsmail ZHussein R(2009)Ethical awareness of computer use among undergraduate studentsACM SIGCAS Computers and Society10.1145/1565795.156579839:1(27-40)Online publication date: 1-Jun-2009
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