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Security Status and Security Model for Mid-Sized Accounting Firms in New Zealand

Security Status and Security Model for Mid-Sized Accounting Firms in New Zealand
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Author(s): Lech Janczewski (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)and Vincent Tai (The University of Auckland, New Zealand)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 4
Source title: Emerging Trends and Challenges in Information Technology Management
Source Editor(s): Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, D.B.A. (Information Resources Management Association, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59904-019-6.ch065
ISBN13: 9781616921286
EISBN13: 9781466665361

Abstract

Accountants are the custodians of many peoples’ or businesses’ financial information. This information is clearly sensitive and therefore it is important for accountants to ensure that it is accuracy and complete while protecting them against lost, corruption or leaking to unauthorized third parties. This paper reports on a research on the security status of the industry of medium-sized accounting firms in New Zealand. Through interviews a number of deficiencies in information security management have been identified and a recommended security model was proposed to address those deficiencies.

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