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A Study on the Influence of Organizational Information Security Goal Setting and Justice on Security Policy Compliance Intention

조직의 정보보안 목표 설정과 공정성이 보안정책 준수의도에 미치는 영향

  • Hwang, In-Ho (School of Knowledge-Based Management, Chung-Ang University) ;
  • Kim, Seung-Wook (Department of Business Administration, Pyeong-Taek University)
  • Received : 2017.11.30
  • Accepted : 2018.02.20
  • Published : 2018.02.28
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Abstract

The threat to information security is growing globally. To this, organizations are increasing the weight of adapting and operating the more specialized information security policy and system. Information security requires participation from the employees who execute the security system and policy, and to increase the level of organization's internal security, requires organization's systematic support to improve employees' information security compliance intention. This research finds the mechanism for improving employee's information security compliance intention by applying justice theory and goal setting theory in information security. We use structural equation modeling to verify the research hypothesis, and conducted a survey on the employees of organization with information security policy. In other words, this research performs verification of the research model based hypothesis which claims that security policy goal setting has positive influence on employee's level of security related justice recognition, and claims that justice has positive influence on compliance intention. The object of study is the employees of the organization that adapts information security policy, and 383 valid samples were collected via survey. Structural equation modeling was performed to verify the research hypothesis. The result shows that security policy goal factor (goal difficulty, goal specificity) improves employee's security related justice recognition, and that security related justice (distribution, process, and information justice) has positive influence on compliance intention. The result suggests the strategic approach directions for improving employees' compliance intention on organization's security policy.

전 세계적인 정보보안 위협의 증대에 따라 조직들은 보다 전문화된 정보보안 정책 및 시스템을 도입 및 활용에 투자 비중을 높이고 있다. 정보보안은 보안 시스템 및 정책을 이행하는 조직원들의 참여가 무엇보다 필요하며, 조직 내부의 보안 수준을 높이기 위해서는 조직원들의 정보보안 준수의도 향상을 위한 조직의 체계적인 지원이 무엇보다 필요하다. 본 연구는 정보보안 분야에 공정성이론과 목표설정이론을 적용하여 조직원의 정보보안 준수의도를 높이기 위한 매커니즘을 찾는다. 즉, 보안정책 목표설정이 조직원들의 보안관련 공정성 인식수준에 긍정적인 영향을 미치고, 공정성은 준수의도에 긍정적인 영향을 미친다는 연구모델 기반 가설 검증을 실시한다. 연구대상은 정보보안 정책을 도입한 조직의 조직원들이며, 설문조사를 통하여 유효샘플 383개를 수집하였다. 연구가설 검증은 구조방정식 모델링을 실시하였다. 보안정책 목표 요인(목표 난이도, 목표 구체성)이 조직원의 보안관련 공정성 인식을 높이며, 보안관련 공정성(분배, 절차, 그리고 정보 공정성)이 준수의도에 긍정적 영향을 주는 것으로 나타났다. 결과는 조직의 보안 정책에 대한 조직원들의 준수의도 향상을 위한 전략적 접근 방향을 제시한다.

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