Value focused assessment of information system security

Abstract

Because of decline in human theft, error, fraud and also misusing the computer properties, the approach of value focused thinking needs to be established. A powerful IS or information system is not able to be developed just according to its technical abilities. This project concentrates on bringing a lot of reliable security system of IS and recognizing the core parts by means of value focused thinking method. Mean and fundamental goals are the outcomes of this method in which the core objectives all have some general usage for decision making in planning of security. The basic objectives have a tight relation with acknowledged aims of the information system security for instance confidentiality and integrity and the mean goals are generally about social challenges for example being responsible for using the sources effectively. In this project, value focused was used in order to develop the current model of the scope. In this regard 6 individual experts were asked to participate and by asking them some questions, fundamental objectives of the organization extracted. Then a new model was presented and this model before being distributed among the staff as a questionnaire was shown to 6 experts and they confirmed it. After their confirmation, this new model was tested by means of questionnaire and the results were analyzed by using the SPSS software.