Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response

Information security strategies employ principles and practices grounded in both the prevention andresponse paradigms. The prevention paradigm aims at managing predicted threats. Although theprevention paradigm may dominate in contemporary commercial organizations, the response paradigm (aimed at ma...

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Main Authors: Baskerville, Richard, Spagnoletti, P., Kim, J.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42670
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author Baskerville, Richard
Spagnoletti, P.
Kim, J.
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description Information security strategies employ principles and practices grounded in both the prevention andresponse paradigms. The prevention paradigm aims at managing predicted threats. Although theprevention paradigm may dominate in contemporary commercial organizations, the response paradigm (aimed at managing unpredicted threats) retains an important role in protecting information security in today’s dynamic threat environment. This study provides an overarching security framework that focuses on managing the proper balance between prevention and response paradigms. We conduct a comparative case study with three European organizations. This study analyzes and empirically confirms how and why organizations balance between their prevention and response strategies.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-426702017-09-13T14:24:48Z Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response Baskerville, Richard Spagnoletti, P. Kim, J. ase study Incident-centered analysis Information security management Response paradigm Prevention paradigm Security balance Information security strategies employ principles and practices grounded in both the prevention andresponse paradigms. The prevention paradigm aims at managing predicted threats. Although theprevention paradigm may dominate in contemporary commercial organizations, the response paradigm (aimed at managing unpredicted threats) retains an important role in protecting information security in today’s dynamic threat environment. This study provides an overarching security framework that focuses on managing the proper balance between prevention and response paradigms. We conduct a comparative case study with three European organizations. This study analyzes and empirically confirms how and why organizations balance between their prevention and response strategies. 2014 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42670 10.1016/j.im.2013.11.004 Elsevier restricted
spellingShingle ase study
Incident-centered analysis
Information security management
Response paradigm
Prevention paradigm
Security balance
Baskerville, Richard
Spagnoletti, P.
Kim, J.
Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title_full Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title_fullStr Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title_full_unstemmed Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title_short Incident-centered information security: Managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
title_sort incident-centered information security: managing a strategic balance between prevention and response
topic ase study
Incident-centered analysis
Information security management
Response paradigm
Prevention paradigm
Security balance
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/42670