Information security in the South Australian real estate industry: A study of 40 real estate organisations

Information Management and Computer Security

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 24-41

  Mani, Deepa ^a   Choo, Kim Kwang Raymond ^a   Mubarak, Sameera ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Computer security; Information security; Real estate sector; Risk management; Surveys

Indexed keywords

DESIGN/METHODOLOGY/APPROACH; FACE-TO-FACE INTERVIEW; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; INFORMATION SECURITY RISK MANAGEMENTS; INFORMATION SECURITY THREATS; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; REAL ESTATE; REAL ESTATE INDUSTRIES;

COMPUTER CRIME; COPYRIGHTS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SECURITY SYSTEMS; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; SURVEYING; SURVEYS;

SECURITY OF DATA;

EID: 84893656776     PISSN: 09685227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IMCS-10-2012-0060     Document Type: Article

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