Integrating IS Security with Knowledge Management: Are We Doing Enough?

Murray Jennex and Alexandra Durcikova
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Murray Jennex: San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
Alexandra Durcikova: University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 2014, vol. 10, issue 2, 1-12

Abstract: Knowledge management focuses on capturing and sharing knowledge. Because of this, KM researchers tend to focus on issues related to knowledge capture, storage, and sharing. However, because knowledge is valuable, it is a target needing to be protected. This paper posits that KM researchers and practitioners also need to think about security and explores how important security skills are to KM practitioners and researchers. A literature review was performed to determine how much attention is paid by KM researchers to knowledge security. Additionally, 50 KM job postings were examined from the spring of 2013 to determine if security skills are considered important by those hiring KM practitioners. Additionally, 38 job postings were examined from the summer of 2014 to determine if required skills changed based on the Target breech. Finally, a survey was prepared for exploring security attitudes of KM practitioners as an area of future research.

Date: 2014
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