- Title
- Guidelines for the protection of stored sensitive information assets within small, medium and micro enterprises
- Creator
- Scharnick, Nicholas
- Subject
- Computer security
- Subject
- Information technology -- Security measures Data protection Business -- Data processing -- Security measures Small business -- Data processing -- Security measures -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2018
- Date
- 2018
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MIT
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/34799
- Identifier
- vital:33452
- Description
- Technology has become important in the business environment as it ensures that a business is competitive and it also drives the business processes. However, in the era of mobile devices, easy access to the internet and a wide variety of other communication mechanisms; the security of the business from a technological perspective is constantly under threat. Thus, the problem that this research aims to address is that there is currently a lack of understanding by SMMEs in protecting their stored sensitive information assets. This study intends to assist small businesses, such as those within the Small Medium and Micro Enterprises (SMME) on how to protect and secure information while it is in storage. SMMEs usually do not have available resources to fully address information security related concerns that could pose a threat to the well being and success of the business. In order to address the problem identified, and assist SMMEs with better protecting their stored information assets, the outcomes of this research is to develop guidelines to assist SMMEs in protecting stored sensitive information assets. Through the use of a qualitative content analysis, a literature review, a number of information security standards, best practices, and frameworks, including the ISO27000 series of standards, COBIT, ITIL, and various NIST publications were analysed to determine how these security approaches address security concerns that arise when considering the storage of sensitive information. Following the literature analysis, a survey was developed and distributed to a wide variety of SMMEs in order to determine what their information security requirements might be, as well as how they address information security. The results obtained from this, coupled with the literature analysis, served as input for the development of a number of guidelines that can assist SMMEs in protecting stored sensitive information assets.
- Format
- xiii, 211 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela University
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