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20162023
most citedInformation Security Policy: A Management Practice Perspective

12 citations · 32 across the 17 of their papers we have counts for

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17 papers

cs.CY2023★ 4 cited

Addressing Knowledge Leakage Risk caused by the use of mobile devices in Australian Organizations

Carlos Andres Agudelo Serna, Rachelle Bosua, Sean B. Maynard +1

Information and knowledge leakage has become a significant security risk to Australian organizations. Each security incident in Australian business cost an average US2.8 millio…

cs.CY2023

Towards a knowledge leakage Mitigation framework for mobile Devices in knowledge-intensive Organizations

Carlos Andres Agudelo Serna, Rachelle Bosua, Atif Ahmad +1

The use of mobile devices in knowledge-intensive organizations while effective and cost-efficient also pose a challenging management problem. Often employees whether deliberately o…

cs.CR2022

Information Security Management in High Quality IS Journals: A Review and Research Agenda

Sean Maynard, Atif Ahmad

In the digital age, the protection of information resources is critical to the viability of organizations. Information Security Management (ISM) is a protective function that prese…

cs.CR2022★ 1 cited

Factors Influencing the Organizational Decision to Outsource IT Security: A Review and Research Agenda

Antra Arshad, Atif Ahmad, Sean Maynard

IT security outsourcing is the process of contracting a third-party security service provider to perform, the full or partial IT security functions of an organization. Little is kn…

cs.CR2021★ 3 cited

Cybersecurity Incident Response in Organisations: A Meta-level Framework for Scenario-based Training

Ashley O'Neill, Atif Ahmad, Sean Maynard

Cybersecurity incident response teams mitigate the impact of adverse cyber-related events in organisations. Field studies of IR teams suggest that at present the process of IR is u…

cs.CR2021★ 2 cited

Sensemaking in Cybersecurity Incident Response: The Interplay of Organizations, Technology and Individuals

Ritu Lakshmi, Humza Naseer, Sean Maynard +1

Sensemaking is a critical activity in organizations. It is a process through which individuals ascribe meanings to events which forms the basis to facilitate collective action. How…

cs.CR2021

Enhancing Strategic Information Security Management in Organizations through Information Warfare Practices

Abid Hussain Shah, Atif Ahmad, Sean B. Maynard +1

In this short paper we argue that to combat APTs, organizations need a strategic level shift away from a traditional prevention centered approach to that of a response centered one…

cs.CR2021

Dynamic Information Security Management Capability: Strategising for Organisational Performance

Mazino Onibere, Atif Ahmad, Sean B Maynard

The increasing frequency, impact, consequence and sophistication of cybersecurity attacks is becoming a strategic concern for boards and executive management of organisations. Cons…

cs.CR2021★ 1 cited

Exploring Knowledge Leakage Risk in Knowledge-Intensive Organisations: Behavioural aspects and Key controls

Hibah Altukruni, Sean B. Maynard, Moneer Alshaikh +1

Knowledge leakage poses a critical risk to the competitive advantage of knowledge-intensive organisations. Although knowledge leakage is a human-centric security issue, little is k…

cs.CR2021★ 4 cited

The Dark Web Phenomenon: A Review and Research Agenda

Abhineet Gupta, Sean B Maynard, Atif Ahmad

The internet can be broadly divided into three parts: surface, deep and dark. The dark web has become notorious in the media for being a hidden part of the web where all manner of…

cs.CR2021

Strategically-Motivated Advanced Persistent Threat: Definition, Process, Tactics and a Disinformation Model of Counterattack

Atif Ahmad, Jeb Webb, Kevin C. Desouza +1

Advanced persistent threat (APT) is widely acknowledged to be the most sophisticated and potent class of security threat. APT refers to knowledgeable human attackers that are organ…

cs.CR2021

Teaching Information Security Management in Postgraduate Tertiary Education: The Case of Horizon Automotive Industries

Atif Ahmad, Sean B. Maynard, Sameen Motahhir

Teaching cases based on stories about real organizations are a powerful means of storytelling. These cases closely parallel real-world situations and can deliver on pedagogical obj…

cs.CR2021

Teaching Information Security Management Using an Incident of Intellectual Property Leakage

Atif Ahmad, Sean B. Maynard, Sameen Motahhir +1

Case-based learning is a powerful pedagogical method of creating dialogue between theory and practice. CBL is particularly suited to executive learning as it instigates critical di…

cs.CY2016★ 4 cited

Information Security Strategy in Organisations: Review, Discussion and Future Research Directions

Craig A. Horne, Atif Ahmad, Sean B. Maynard

Dependence on information, including for some of the world's largest organisations such as governments and multi-national corporations, has grown rapidly in recent years. However,…

cs.CY2016

Understanding Knowledge Leakage & BYOD (Bring Your Own Device): A Mobile Worker Perspective

Carlos Andres Agudelo, Rachelle Bosua, Atif Ahmad +1

Knowledge sharing drives innovation and the opportunity to develop a sustainable competitive advantage. However, in the extant knowledge management and information security literat…

cs.CY2016★ 1 cited

Evaluating the Utility of Research Articles for Teaching Information Security Management

Harry Zurita, Sean B. Maynard, Atif Ahmad

Research articles can support teaching by introducing the latest expert thinking on relevant topics and trends and describing practical real-world case studies to encourage discuss…

cs.CY2016★ 12 cited

Information Security Policy: A Management Practice Perspective

Moneer Alshaikh, Sean B. Maynard, Atif Ahmad +1

Considerable research effort has been devoted to the study of Policy in the domain of Information Security Management (ISM). However, our review of ISM literature identified four k…