Information sharing in organization has been considered as an important
approach in increasing organizational efficiency, performance and decision
making. With the present and advances in information and communication
technology, sharing information and exchanging of data across organizations has
become more feasible in organization. However, information sharing has been a
complex task over the years and identifying factors that influence information
sharing across organization has becomes crucial and critical. Researchers have
taken several methods and approaches to resolve problems in information sharing
at all levels without a lasting solution, as sharing is best understood as a
practice that reflects behavior, social, economic, legal and technological
influences. Due to the limitation of the conventional ISM3 standards to address
culture, social, legislation and human behavior, the findings in this paper
suggest that, a centralized information structure without human practice,
distribution of information and coordination is not effective. This paper
reviews the previous information sharing research, outlines the factors
affecting information sharing and the different practices needed to improve the
management of information security by recommending several combinations of
information security and coordination mechanism for reducing uncertainty during
sharing of information .This thesis proposes information security management
protocol (ISMP) as an enhancement towards ISM3 to resolve the above problems.
This protocol provides a means for practitioners to identify key factors
involved in successful information sharing....
