Study on the Impact of Security Countermeasures on E-Government Information Misuse

摘要：

Information security has been a high priority for government agencies nowadays. This study, based on the general deterrence theory, investigates how security countemeasures will result in more effective control of information misuse in government agencies. Data gathered throngh a survey of 21 government agencies in Shanghai and 124 effective questionnaires were obtained. The results show that security policies and security awareness training will significantly lower information misuse behaviors by increasing the perceived severity of sanctions. Meanwhile, security monitoring practice will significantly lower information misuse behaviors by increasing the perceived certainty of sanctions. Preventative security software has no effect on perceived certainty and severity of sanction while it will prevent the invading actions directly. Knowledge about these relationships is useful for making key decisions about the security function.

关键词： government information information security security countermeasures general deterrence theory

作者: Jing Fan Pengzhu Zhang Xinjie Zhao

作者单位: Antai Management School, Shanghai Jiaotong Unviersity, Shanghai, 200052, China School of Internation Antai Management School, Shanghai Jiaotong Unviersity, Shanghai, 200052, China School of International Business, Beijing Foreign Studies Unviersity, Beijing, 100089, China

会议类型: 国际会议

会议名称: 第八届武汉电子商务国际会议(The Eighth Wuhan International Conference on E-Business)

会议地点: 武汉

会议语种:英文

页码: 450-456

在线出版日期: 2009-05-30（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）