Project Commitment in the Context of Information Security

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Author(s): Ioannis Koskosas (University of Western Macedonia, Greece)and Nikolaos Sariannidis (Technological Education Institute of Western Macedonia, Greece)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 14
Source title: Perspectives and Techniques for Improving Information Technology Project Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): John Wang (Montclair State University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2800-7.ch016

Keywords: Information Resources Management / Information Science Reference / Knowledge Management / Library & Information Science

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This research investigates the role of project commitment in the context of information systems security. In doing so, the research adopts a psychological point of view by exploring and discussing the concept of project commitment in setting information security goals. Information security can be viewed as the efficient control of uncertainty arising from malicious acts intended to exploit valuable assets, and in the context of information systems the valuable assets under consideration are data. Data were collected by using an interpretive approach through in-depth interviews and observation within a single case study in Greece. The contribution of this research to interpretive information-systems consists of the study of project commitment and goal theory in an information security-management context, and its grounding within an interpretive epistemology. Ultimately, this research promotes an interdisciplinary and interorganizational theory that fosters a dialogue transcending industry-specific contexts and explores different management practices that can improve security project commitment and management in its real life context.

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