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Title:
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CULTURAL IMPACT ON INFORMATION SECURITY: THE CASE OF ARAB CULTURE |
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Author(s):
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Ahmed Al-Kaabi, Carsten Maple |
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ISBN:
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978-972-8939-67-0 |
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Editors:
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Piet Kommers and Pedro Isaías |
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Year:
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2012 |
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Edition:
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Single |
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Keywords:
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Arab Culture, Organisational Culture, Information Security Culture, Information and Communication Technology |
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Type:
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Full Paper |
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First Page:
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391 |
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Last Page:
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398 |
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Language:
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English |
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Full Contents:
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Paper Abstract:
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The transition to ICT (Information and Communication Technology) has had a significant influence on different aspects of society. Although the computerisation process has motivated aligning different technical and human factors with the expansion process, the technical pace of the transition surpasses human adaptation to change. Much research on ICT development has shown that ICT security is essentially a political and a managerial act and must not disregard the importance of the relevant cultural characteristics of a society. Arab culture is rather vulnerable to information security breaches primarily due to the privacy sharing attitude of Arabs. Hence, solid social knowledge and awareness are necessary for developing ICT security within Arab culture. |
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