An Empirical Examination of the Effects of IT Leadership on Information Security Risk Management in USA Organizations

11 pages•Published: March 13, 2019

Henry Okonofua, Shawon Rahman and Reni Ivanova

Abstract

Although organizations face continuously evolving Information Security (IS) risks, the scholarly literature is unclear as to whether transformational, transactional, and passive-avoidant leadership styles influence IS risk management. The study was conducted using a quantitative, non-experimental, and descriptive research design. The sample consisted of senior IT leaders with a range of titles including Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Information Security Officer (CISO), Director of IT, and IT Manager. This population is characterized by extensive knowledge of IT and IS issues, and these individuals are generally responsible for directing an organization’s approach to IS risk management. Data from 250 participant surveys were analyzed using the Pearson product-moment coefficient correlation and multiple regression analysis. The results of the analysis demonstrated that both IT leadership is significantly related to IS risk management.

Keyphrases: information security risk management, is risk, it leadership, leadership style, risk management, transactional leadership, transformational leadership

In: Gordon Lee and Ying Jin (editors). Proceedings of 34th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, vol 58, pages 464-474.

Links:	https://easychair.org/publications/paper/r3XM
	https://doi.org/10.29007/x9gv

BibTeX entry

@inproceedings{CATA2019:Empirical_Examination_Effects_IT,
  author    = {Henry Okonofua and Shawon Rahman and Reni Ivanova},
  title     = {An Empirical Examination of the Effects of IT Leadership on Information Security Risk Management in USA Organizations},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of 34th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications},
  editor    = {Gordon Lee and Ying Jin},
  series    = {EPiC Series in Computing},
  volume    = {58},
  publisher = {EasyChair},
  bibsource = {EasyChair, https://easychair.org},
  issn      = {2398-7340},
  url       = {/publications/paper/r3XM},
  doi       = {10.29007/x9gv},
  pages     = {464-474},
  year      = {2019}}

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