Improving information system security by evaluating human factors

Health Information System (HIS) has been implemented in Malaysia since late 1990s. HIS is an integration of several hospitals’ information system to manage administration works, patients and clinical records. Accessing HIS data through the internet make it more vulnerable to data lost, misuses and a...

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Main Author:	Soltanmohammadi, Saeed
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37074/5/SaeedSoltanmohammadiMFSKSM2013.pdf
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spelling	my-utm-ep.370742017-07-04T00:39:49Z Improving information system security by evaluating human factors 2013-08 Soltanmohammadi, Saeed QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Health Information System (HIS) has been implemented in Malaysia since late 1990s. HIS is an integration of several hospitals’ information system to manage administration works, patients and clinical records. Accessing HIS data through the internet make it more vulnerable to data lost, misuses and attacks. Health data is extremely sensitive, therefore they require high protection and information security must be carefully watched as it plays an important role to protect the data from being stolen or harmed. Despite the vast research in information security, the human factor has been neglected from the research community, with most security research giving focus on the technological component of an information technology system. The human factor is still subject to attacks and thus, in need of auditing and addressing any existing vulnerabilities. This research evaluates the human factor by the creation of a survey which examines three distinct user properties. Each of these properties comprises a series of questions, which with their turn assist on confirmation or refutation of three hypotheses. The survey was conducted on five public and private hospitals in Malaysia and distributed to all members of staff who have access on electronic information. Results have shown that the human factor has a significant role in information security; among the surveyed factors (organizational factor, motivational factor and learning), it is confirmed that Learning has the most effect on information system security. This research has addressed two sub factors of learning that are organizational learning and individual learning. In order to improve the information system security in hospitals, it is recommended for future study to consider some other factors except these two sub factors in learning. 2013-08 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37074/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37074/5/SaeedSoltanmohammadiMFSKSM2013.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:70077?site_name=Restricted Repository masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing Faculty of Computing
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topic	QA75 Electronic computers Computer science
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description	Health Information System (HIS) has been implemented in Malaysia since late 1990s. HIS is an integration of several hospitals’ information system to manage administration works, patients and clinical records. Accessing HIS data through the internet make it more vulnerable to data lost, misuses and attacks. Health data is extremely sensitive, therefore they require high protection and information security must be carefully watched as it plays an important role to protect the data from being stolen or harmed. Despite the vast research in information security, the human factor has been neglected from the research community, with most security research giving focus on the technological component of an information technology system. The human factor is still subject to attacks and thus, in need of auditing and addressing any existing vulnerabilities. This research evaluates the human factor by the creation of a survey which examines three distinct user properties. Each of these properties comprises a series of questions, which with their turn assist on confirmation or refutation of three hypotheses. The survey was conducted on five public and private hospitals in Malaysia and distributed to all members of staff who have access on electronic information. Results have shown that the human factor has a significant role in information security; among the surveyed factors (organizational factor, motivational factor and learning), it is confirmed that Learning has the most effect on information system security. This research has addressed two sub factors of learning that are organizational learning and individual learning. In order to improve the information system security in hospitals, it is recommended for future study to consider some other factors except these two sub factors in learning.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Soltanmohammadi, Saeed
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title	Improving information system security by evaluating human factors
title_short	Improving information system security by evaluating human factors
title_full	Improving information system security by evaluating human factors
title_fullStr	Improving information system security by evaluating human factors
title_full_unstemmed	Improving information system security by evaluating human factors
title_sort	improving information system security by evaluating human factors
granting_institution	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Computing
granting_department	Faculty of Computing
publishDate	2013
url	http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/37074/5/SaeedSoltanmohammadiMFSKSM2013.pdf
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