Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks

Validerad; 2014; 20141105 (alipad)
Contemporary methods for assessing information security risks have adopted mainly technical views on information and technology assets. Organizational dynamics of information management and knowledge sharing have gained less attention. This article outlines a new, genre-based, approach to information security risk assessment in order to orientate toward organization- and knowledge-centric identification and analysis of security risks. In order to operationalize the genre-based approach, we suggest the use of a genre-based analytical method for identifying organizational communication patterns through which organizational knowledge is shared. The genre-based method is then complemented with tasks and techniques from a textbook risk assessment method (OCTAVE Allegro). We discuss the initial experiences of three experienced information security professionals who tested the method. The article concludes with implications of the genre-based approach to analyzing information and knowledge security risks for future research and practice.

SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap Systemvetenskap, informationssystem och informatik med samhällsvetenskaplig inriktning hsv//swe
SOCIAL SCIENCES Media and Communications Information Systems, Social aspects hsv//eng
Information systems
Informationssystem
Centrumbildning - Centrum för säkerhet i samhälle och kritiska infrastrukturer (CISS)
Centre - Centre for Critical Infrastructure and Societal Security (CISS)

Päivärinta, TeroLuleå tekniska universitet,Datavetenskap(Swepub:ltu)terpai (author)
Harnesk, DanLuleå tekniska universitet,Datavetenskap(Swepub:ltu)danh (author)
Luleå tekniska universitetDatavetenskap (creator_code:org_t)

In:International Journal of Knowledge Management: IGI Global10:2, s. 13-271548-06661548-0658

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