Moving Toward Black Hat Research in Information Systems Security: An Editorial Introduction to the Special Issue

摘要

We are confident that, over time, information security research has become more sophisticated, more relevant, and more rigorous and that this Special Issue clearly demonstrates this trend. We can also proffer that the increasing number of scholars in the IS community who are turning their attention to security research can improve the richness and depth ofrntheir research by seeking out new, even unique sources of data that reveal the underlying mechanisms of computer crime and the effectiveness of organizational responses to this behavior. It would be encouraging to be able to say with equal confidence that the community will indeed take up this challenge and push our scientific knowledge of IS security into new realms.