A case analysis of securing organisations against information leakage through online social networking

Nurul Nuha Abdul Molok, Atif Ahmad and Shanton Chang

International Journal of Information Management, 2018, vol. 43, issue C, 351-356

Abstract: The inadvertent leakage of sensitive information through Online Social Networking (OSN) represents a significant source of security risk to organisations. Leakage of sensitive information such as trade secrets, intellectual property and personal details of employees can result in a loss of competitive advantage, loss of reputation, and erosion of client trust. We present 4 case studies which examine drivers for employee leakage behaviour and corresponding security management strategies. Drawing on these case studies, we present a maturity framework for organisational OSN Leakage Mitigation Capability (OSN-LMC) and lessons learned from the case analysis.

Keywords: Information leakage; Information security management; Online social networking; Maturity framework (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2018.08.013

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