Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective

As the world becomes more interconnected now than decades ago, information security incidents are more prevalent in organizations. The incidents are more likely caused by insiders and they can happen with or without intentions. Although some security studies state that unintentional security inciden...

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Main Authors: Barzak, Omar Mokhles, Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha, Talib, Shuhaili, Mahmud, Murni
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Language:English
Published: Design for Scientific Renaissance 2016
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http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/1/79196_Unintentional%20Information.pdf
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author Barzak, Omar Mokhles
Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha
Talib, Shuhaili
Mahmud, Murni
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Talib, Shuhaili
Mahmud, Murni
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description As the world becomes more interconnected now than decades ago, information security incidents are more prevalent in organizations. The incidents are more likely caused by insiders and they can happen with or without intentions. Although some security studies state that unintentional security incidents could cause more damages to organizational information systems (IS) than intentional security incidents, the research in this area is still limited. This paper focuses on unintentional employees’ behaviors that have impacts on organizational information security, rather than unintentional behaviors in general IT practices. It explores unintentional information security behavior based on the perspective of the Qur’an and Hadith. Moreover, it provides some recommendations based on academic studies and Sharia teachings to overcome unintentional information security behavior. This paper starts with the discussion on information security behavior, human intentions based on the Sharia, and unintentional behavior under Islamic perspective. Finally, the significance of the study relies on the recommendation to reduce unintentional security threats based on information security studies and Sharia teachings by proposing a model to understand unintentional information security behavior and the factors that affect them.
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spelling iium-791962020-12-17T08:40:42Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/ Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective Barzak, Omar Mokhles Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha Talib, Shuhaili Mahmud, Murni T173.5 Technology and Islam T58.6 Management information systems As the world becomes more interconnected now than decades ago, information security incidents are more prevalent in organizations. The incidents are more likely caused by insiders and they can happen with or without intentions. Although some security studies state that unintentional security incidents could cause more damages to organizational information systems (IS) than intentional security incidents, the research in this area is still limited. This paper focuses on unintentional employees’ behaviors that have impacts on organizational information security, rather than unintentional behaviors in general IT practices. It explores unintentional information security behavior based on the perspective of the Qur’an and Hadith. Moreover, it provides some recommendations based on academic studies and Sharia teachings to overcome unintentional information security behavior. This paper starts with the discussion on information security behavior, human intentions based on the Sharia, and unintentional behavior under Islamic perspective. Finally, the significance of the study relies on the recommendation to reduce unintentional security threats based on information security studies and Sharia teachings by proposing a model to understand unintentional information security behavior and the factors that affect them. Design for Scientific Renaissance 2016-09 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/1/79196_Unintentional%20Information.pdf Barzak, Omar Mokhles and Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha and Talib, Shuhaili and Mahmud, Murni (2016) Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective. International Journal on Islamic Applications in Computer Science And Technology, 4 (3). pp. 1-10. (Unpublished) http://www.sign-ific-ance.co.uk/index.php/IJASAT
spellingShingle T173.5 Technology and Islam
T58.6 Management information systems
Barzak, Omar Mokhles
Abdul Molok, Nurul Nuha
Talib, Shuhaili
Mahmud, Murni
Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title_full Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title_fullStr Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title_full_unstemmed Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title_short Unintentional information security behavior from the Qur’an and Hadith’s perspective
title_sort unintentional information security behavior from the qur’an and hadith’s perspective
topic T173.5 Technology and Islam
T58.6 Management information systems
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/79196/1/79196_Unintentional%20Information.pdf