- Title
- A model for information security control audit for small to mid-sized organisations
- Creator
- Deysel, Natasha
- Subject
- Data protection
- Subject
- Computer networks -- Information technology
- Date Issued
- 2009
- Date
- 2009
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MA
- Identifier
- vital:9760
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/940
- Identifier
- Data protection
- Identifier
- Computer networks -- Information technology
- Description
- Organisations are increasingly dependent on their information. Compromise to this information in terms of loss, inaccuracy or competitors gaining unauthorised access could have devastating consequences for the organisation. Therefore, information security governance has become a major concern for all organisations, large and small. Information security governance is based on a set of policies and internal controls by which organisations direct and manage their information security. An effective information security governance programme should be based on a recognised framework, such as the Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (COBIT). COBIT focuses on what control objectives must be achieved in order to effectively manage the information technology environment. It has become very clear that if a company is serious about information security governance, it needs to apply the COBIT framework that deals with information security. The problem in some medium-sized organisations is that they do not realise the importance of information security governance and are either unaware of the risks or choose to ignore these risks as they do not have the expertise or resources available to provide them with assurance that they have the right information security controls in place to protect their organisation against threats.
- Format
- 105 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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