Ethnocentric Strategies in Information Security Management

摘要

The strategic approach used to develop organizational security is strongly influenced by management's perception of risks. These perceptions often result in management focusing on technology-based solutions to keep their data safe from outsiders. However, research has shown that more severe threats to information security come from organizational insiders. A case study [in process] uses intergroup bias theory to investigate the current strategies to protect organizational information, arguing that current strategies focus on attempts to keep data safe from outsiders, yet these strategies neglect the threats from insiders. This study suggests that this is influenced by ingroup-trust and outgroup-distrust.