Responsive Security

5Conclusions and Implications

Answers are merely places to rest for a moment. They are not final.

Richard Paul and Linda Elder The Art of Socratic Questioning

5.1 Summary and Results

The four major action research cycles along with their outcome analyses and interpretation led to the development and validation of social–technical and responsive approaches to information security risk management. The approaches incorporated supporting frameworks and tools for answering the three research questions cited in Chapter 1. The research questions were confirmed as significant issues based on the gaps noted in the literature review presented in Chapter 2. The nature of these research questions encouraged the use of social science methods of inquiry. ...