Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks

Ali Mohammad Padyab, Tero Päivärinta and Dan Harnesk
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Ali Mohammad Padyab: Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Tero Päivärinta: Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden
Dan Harnesk: Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden

International Journal of Knowledge Management (IJKM), 2014, vol. 10, issue 2, 13-27

Abstract: 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.

Date: 2014
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