Education in IT Security: A Case Study in Banking Industry

W.K. Daniel TSE, M.H. HUI, S.T. LAM, Y.C. MOK, W.C. OEI, K.L. TANG, X.L. YAU

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Abstract

The banking industry has been changing incessantly and facing new combination of risks. Data protection and corporate security is now one of the major issues in banking industry. As the rapid changing on technologies from time to time, the industry should be aware on new technologies in order to protect information assets and prevent fraud activities. This paper begins with literature study of information security issues and followed by focused-group interviews with five participants
within the industry and survey analysis of “The global state of Information Security survey 2013” which published by
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC). Trends and questions were discussed as well as possible solution. The study suggests that IT security education should be made to different level of staffs such as executives, professional and general staffs. Besides, the banking industry should increase company-wide security awareness and the importance of corporate security which keep
the information and physical assets secure and in a proper way.
Original languageEnglish
Number of pages10
JournalThe GSTF Journal on Computing
Volume3
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2013

Research Keywords

  • Information Security Management
  • IT security education
  • Banking industry
  • security awareness
  • data protection
  • corporate security

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