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Analysis of information technology risk management in South African small and medium enterprises.

M. Tech. Business Information Systems / Information Technology (IT) has become the driving force behind businesses and organizations. However, Information Technology comes with risks and other vulnerabilities. And by the same token, IT also poses threats to the organization. This then means that every organization must be able to contain and manage these risks and threats well, if it is to stay in the market and competitive. Information Technology Risk Management is to control Information Technology risks occurrences, acceptance and mitigate them. This means, organizations need proper precautionary measures and management tools to be able to identify risks, analyze risks, monitor the risks and have risk-reducing measures. This dissertation is about Information Technology Risk Management. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) operating in South Africa tend to focus more on business operations, often neglecting the need to manage Information Technology risks effectively.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:tut/oai:encore.tut.ac.za:d1001612
Date January 2015
CreatorsMseteka, Phumzile D.
Source SetsSouth African National ETD Portal
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPDF

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