THREATS TO INFORMATION-SYSTEMS - TODAYS REALITY, YESTERDAYS UNDERSTANDING
成果类型：
Article
署名作者：
LOCH, KD; CARR, HH; WARKENTIN, ME
署名单位：
Auburn University System; Auburn University; Bryant University
刊物名称：
MIS QUARTERLY
ISSN/ISSBN：
0276-7783
DOI：
10.2307/249574
发表日期：
1992
页码：
173-186
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摘要：
Information systems security remains high on the list of key issues facing information systems executives. Traditional concerns range from forced entry into computer and storage rooms to destruction by fire, earthquake, flood, and hurricane. Recent attention focuses on protecting information systems and data from accidental or intentional unauthorized access, disclosure, modification, or destruction. The consequences of these events can range from degraded or disrupted service to customers to corporate failure. This article reports on a study investigating MIS executives' concern about a variety of threats. A relatively new threat, computer viruses, was found to be a particular concern. The results highlight a gap between the use of modem technology and the understanding of the security implications inherent in its use. Many of responding information systems managers have migrated their organizations into the highly interconnected environment of modem technology but continue to view threats from a perspective of a pre-connectivity era. They expose their firms to unfamiliar risks of which they are unaware, refuse to acknowledge, or are often poorly equipped to manage.