Investigating Users’ Perception about Biometric Security Mechanism: The Case of Ethiopia Banking Sector

Biometric identification is poised to gradually replace traditional approaches, such as passwords and PINs as a way of identifying and authenticating a person’s access to services that require identity verification. Despite benefits such as increased security and convenience for users concerns such as vulnerability to identity theft, and concerns about privacy and the security of biometric information may inhibit uptake. Drawing on Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and using data collected from online banking users, this study will reports on the relative impacts of perceptions about biometric identification (i.e. its detractors and its benefits) on attitude towards biometric use. Implications for practice and future research will also be discussed

Investigating the Moderating Impact of National Culture in Information Systems Security Policy Violation: The Case of Italy and Ethiopia

Information systems security (ISS) has become one of the top agendas of companies located in the developed world. Despite this fact, there is an increasing trend in the types and frequency of ISS breaches. Most of the time researchers and practitioners focus on threat that are caused by external agents while most of the threats are originated from insiders. In addition to this, the majority of the investments and researches around ISS are limited to technically oriented solutions. It is now realized that the technical approach alone couldn’t bring the required level of ISS, and this led ISS researchers to embark on socio-technical approaches. One of the critical social factors that has been given little emphasis is culture. Thus, this research investigates the impact of national culture on employees’ ISS behaviour. Specifically, it answers the question “what is the moderating impact of national culture on the influence of ISS countermeasures on employees’ intention to violate ISS policies?” We will develop and test an empirical ISS compliance model, using rational choice theory and national culture constructs. Survey will be used to collect data from Italy and Ethiopia

Investigating the Impact of Organizational Culture on Information Security Policy Compliance : The Case of Ethiopia

Information security is one of the organizations' top agendas worldwide. Similarly, there is a growing trend in the kinds and rate of security breaches. Information security experts and scholars concentrate on outsiders' threats; conversely, insiders are responsible for most of the security breaches in organizations. Further, the majority of information security research findings are limited to solutions that are technically focused. However, it is now recognized that the technological approach alone does not carry the security level needed. So this led researchers to embark on socio-technical approaches. Thus, this study explores organizational culture's effect on employees' intention to comply with information security policies (ISP). A rational choice theory and a computing value framework construct are used to build and evaluate an empirical ISP compliance model. A survey method used to collect data from Ethiopia.peerReviewe