Information security awareness (ISA) focuses on the user’s responsibility and understanding of risk, to ensure that acceptable working practices are adopted under these broad principles, thereby reducing the likelihood of legal, financial and reputational risk related to the organization and individual. However, the third sector organization is behind in the security awareness maturity level. This research aims to understand and evaluate the level of information security awareness (ISA) knowledge in third sector organizations. The study was conducted with mixed-method design, combining the qualitative and quantitative approaches. A semi-structured interview method was used to gather data, transcribe it, and analyse it with a thematic framework analysis. The quantitative approach uses a questionnaire survey method was used to investigate the knowledge of information security awareness. The main findings present a lack of security awareness in the third sector and gaps in good security behaviour.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:ltu-79531 |
| Date | January 2020 |
| Creators | Ashaju, Oluwafemi |
| Publisher | Luleå tekniska universitet, Digitala tjänster och system |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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