Organisational Security Culture and Information Security Compliance for E-Government Development: The Moderating Effect of Social Pressure

Rapid development of e-government has exposed critical public information to the possibility of cybercrime. Information security has become a critical issue that needs to be adequately addressed in e-government development. This paper develops an information security compliance model by drawing insights from organizational and institutional theory literature to examine how organizational security culture influences information security compliance in public organizations for e-government development. It also investigates the role of social pressure in moderating the relationship between information security culture and information security compliance. The study explores three specific dimensions of information security culture: management commitments, accountability and information security awareness. The result of a hierarchical regression analysis indicates that management commitments, accountability, information security awareness, and social pressure have a significant positive impact on information security compliance in public organizations. The moderating role of social pressure, however, is only significant in augmenting the relationship between accountability and information security compliance. This study contributes to the information security compliance research by highlighting the criticality of establishing an information security culture within public organisations to promote information security compliance

Investigating the Role of Socio-organizational Factors in the Information Security Compliance in Organizations

The increase reliance on information systems has created unprecedented challenges for organizations to protect their critical information from different security threats that have direct consequences on the corporate liability, loss of credibility, and monetary damage. As a result, the security of information has become critical in many organizations. This study investigates the role of socio-organizational factors by drawing the insights from the organizational theory literature in the adoption of information security compliance in organizations. Based on the analysis of the survey data collected from 294 employees, the study indicates management commitment, awareness and training, accountability, technology capability, technology compatibility, processes integration, and audit and monitoring have a significant positive impact on the adoption of information security compliance in organizations. The study contributes to the information security compliance research by exploring the criticality of socio-organizational factors at the organizational level for information security compliance

Investigating the Impact of Institutional Pressures on Information Security Compliance in Organizations

Abstract: The increasing threat to information security has created institutional pressures on organizations to comply with information security policies and standards. This paper presents an empirical study to investigate the impact of institutional pressures (coercive, normative, and mimetic) on information security compliance in organizations. The results show that coercive pressures that are manifested by regulatory agencies, normative pressures that are exerted through social pressures, and mimetic pressures that are manifested by security benefits positively influence information security compliance in public organizations. Furthermore, the results reveal that regulation and security benefits generate pressures on management to strengthen their commitments towards information security compliance in organizations. It is, however, worthwhile to notice that social pressures do not have a significant impact on management commitments towards information security compliance. The implications of this study indicate the criticality of institutional pressures for enhancing information security compliance in public organizations both directly and indirectly

Psychological Symptoms of COVID-19 Pandemic Among Community-Dwelling Older People in Oman and Associated Risk Factors

Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has led to a dramatic loss of human lives worldwide. Objective This study aimed to investigate the psychological factors of the COVID-19 pandemic in the community-dwelling older population. Method This was a cross-sectional study of older people aged ≥60 years with no mental or psychological illnesses. A total of 193 participants were recruited. The study questionnaire included anxiety- and depression-related questions tailored for the COVID-19 pandemic. The questionnaire was developed through a literature review and expert review. Data was collected from December 2020 to January 2022. Results The psychological symptoms of COVID-19 were high in this sample (mean 29.18 ± 3.57). Gender (female) was found to have a strong positive relationship with the psychological symptoms of COVID-19 score ( p  = 0.003). Chronic illnesses (β = 0.19, p  < 0.001), living alone (β = 0.39, p  < 0.001), and having a family member or a friend with COVID-19 (β = 0.15, p  < 0.001) were also found to have a strong positive relationship with the psychological symptoms of COVID-19 score. Conclusion The negative psychological effects of COVID-19 were high among the older population in Oman. In this study, female gender, chronic illnesses, living alone, and having a family member or a friend with COVID-19 were associated with worse COVID-19 psychological symptoms. Older women were affected by COVID-19 more than older men. In addition, those who had chronic illnesses, lived alone, or had a family member or a friend with COVID-19 were more psychologically burdened by the pandemic than those without those characteristics. Particular attention should be given to older adults who have chronic illnesses, live alone, or have a family member or a friend with COVID-19. Support groups and psychological counseling programs are essential for older people during a pandemic

Logistic regression model for diagnosis of transition zone prostate cancer on multi-parametric MRI

We aimed to develop logistic regression (LR) models for classifying prostate cancer within the transition zone on multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging (mp-MRI)