Abstract
The protection of organisational information assets requires the collaboration of all employees; information security collaboration (ISC) aggregates the efforts of employees in order to mitigate the effect of information security breaches and incidents. However, it is acknowledged that ISC formation and its development needs more investigation. This research endeavours to show how ISC forms and develops in the context of an organisation based on social bond factors. The social bond theory and theory of planned behaviour describe the effect of social bond factors on the attitude of employees and finally their behaviour regarding collaboration in the domain of information security. The results of the data analysis reveal that personal norms, involvement, and commitment to their organisation significantly influence the employees’ attitude towards ISC intention. However, contrary to the authors expectation, attachment does not influence the attitude of employees towards ISC. In addition, attitudes towards ISC, perceived behavioural control, and personal norms significantly affect the intention of employees towards ISC. The findings also show that the employees’ intention towards ISC and organisational support positively influence ISC, but that trust does not significantly affect ISC behaviour.
Highlights
The proliferation of computer and communication systems has changed the business environment
As far as we know, this research is among the first investigations that explores whether Information Security Collaboration (ISC) formation in organisations constitutes an effective and efficient approach that decreases the risk of information security incidents
The findings showed that involvement in information security, commitment to organisational plans and policies, and the personal belief that ISC is necessary to minimise the effect of attacks have a significant effect on the attitude of employees towards ISC intention
Summary
The proliferation of computer and communication systems has changed the business environment. Information security is the most important and controversial subject among experts [1]. Applying different strategies, such as acting based on information security organisational procedures and policies [2], information security conscious care behaviour [3], sharing information security knowledge [4, 5] and information security collaboration in organisations [6], have been acknowledged to be useful in decreasing the vulnerability of information security incidents in companies. Collaboration means working together to achieve a goal In this instance, the goal is providing a secure environment for information assets in organisations [7]. Collaboration increases the opportunity for problem solving [8]
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