Open AccessInformation Security: Awareness and Training Program in the Middle East Universities
Author(s) -
Mohammad Eyadat
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
asian journal of computer and information systems
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2321-5658
DOI - 10.24203/ajcis.v6i5.5483
Subject(s) - training (meteorology) , security awareness , information security , business , information security management , middle east , public relations , computer security , knowledge management , security information and event management , computer science , political science , cloud computing security , geography , cloud computing , meteorology , law , operating system
An effective Security Awareness and Training (SAT) program enables organizational members to understand the organization’s security strategies, know their responsibilities, and control risks that are caused by security incidents. Therefore, deploying a SAT program is one of the most important steps for any organization to assure that information assets are appropriately secured. The aim of this paper is into folds: first, to gain an insight and determine the information security awareness and training program levels in Middle Eastern higher education sector through a case study that examined 182 institute websites over eight countries. Second, to provide recommendations based on the findings that aid information security professionals to establish a new or improved existing awareness and training program. Literature showed that no study has been done on the SAT program at the level of the Middle Eastern region. However, there was a need to this investigation and therefore, it was a pioneering study at the region level in the field of information security.