Employees' awareness towards IT security measures implemented in their organization : selected financial institution

Abstract

This research is aimed to gather the employees? awareness towards the IT Security measures implemented in their organization case study of a financial institution and from the results gathered can determine the level of IT security awareness among the employees in the organization and suggest security awareness guidelines in order to achieve integrity, availability and confidentiality of the organization. Research on the employees? awareness towards the IT Security measures implemented in organization is done limitedly in Malaysia. Thus, this research will help to identify current IT security measures implemented, the level of IT security awareness among the employees and how to improve employees? awareness towards the implementation of the IT security in the organization. Hence, to collect information from the employees sequential explanatory design is used. It is done via quantitative approach then followed by qualitative approach. Thus, both questionnaire and interviews was conducted. Other than that, a literature review also included in order to review the past and current situation, from the review and results pertaining from the data collection and data analysis, security awareness guidelines for the employees is proposed and evaluated.