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Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks

Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks

Ali Mohammad Padyab, Tero Päivärinta, Dan Harnesk
Copyright: © 2015 |Pages: 17
ISBN13: 9781466684737|ISBN10: 1466684739|EISBN13: 9781466684744
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-8473-7.ch063
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Padyab, Ali Mohammad, et al. "Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks." Transportation Systems and Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, IGI Global, 2015, pp. 1237-1253. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8473-7.ch063

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Padyab, A. M., Päivärinta, T., & Harnesk, D. (2015). Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks. In I. Management Association (Ed.), Transportation Systems and Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications (pp. 1237-1253). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8473-7.ch063

Chicago

Padyab, Ali Mohammad, Tero Päivärinta, and Dan Harnesk. "Genre-Based Approach to Assessing Information and Knowledge Security Risks." In Transportation Systems and Engineering: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications, edited by Information Resources Management Association, 1237-1253. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2015. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-8473-7.ch063

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Abstract

Contemporary methods for assessing information security risks have adopted mainly technical views on information and technology assets. Organizational dynamics of information management and knowledge sharing have gained less attention. This article outlines a new, genre-based, approach to information security risk assessment in order to orientate toward organization- and knowledge-centric identification and analysis of security risks. In order to operationalize the genre-based approach, we suggest the use of a genre-based analytical method for identifying organizational communication patterns through which organizational knowledge is shared. The genre-based method is then complemented with tasks and techniques from a textbook risk assessment method (OCTAVE Allegro). We discuss the initial experiences of three experienced information security professionals who tested the method. The article concludes with implications of the genre-based approach to analyzing information and knowledge security risks for future research and practice.

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