Chapter 35

Risk Management

Sokratis K. Katsikas, University of Piraeus

Integrating security measures with the operational framework of an organization is neither a trivial nor an easy task. This explains to a large extent the low degree of security that information systems operating in contemporary businesses and organizations enjoy. Some of the most important difficulties that security professionals face when confronted with the task of introducing security measures in businesses and organizations are:

• The difficulty to justify the cost of the security measures

• The difficulty to establish communication between technical and administrative personnel

• The difficulty to assure active participation of users in the effort to secure the information ...

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