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Book helps businesses boost digital security
How do businesses minimise security threats while operating in the digital environment – and what common mistakes are made when implementing security measures?
The answers are outlined in a new 220-page book edited by University of the Sunshine Coast research coordinator Don Kerr, who is Associate Professor of Information Systems.
The USC academic said the book contained state-of-the-art research showing how e-commerce security relied on people as much as technology.
He said to minimise risks, employers and employees needed to be better educated about the proper use of information technology.
“The IT itself may be secure but what about the person who downloads the same USB flash drive on their home PC and their work computer without realising the problems they may be transferring?” he said.
Associate Professor Kerr said the consequences of poor IT security could be serious enough to affect the viability of enterprises.
The book, called ‘Digital Business Security Development: Management Technologies’, has been published in the United States by information science and technology publisher IGI Global and is available internationally.
The publisher said: “This innovative publication provides base level knowledge for managers who are not specialists in the field, as well as advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students undertaking research and further study.”
Associate Professor Kerr spent 18 months compiling the research relevant to both the public and private sectors, from authors as far as the United Kingdom. Four of the nine chapters are by USC academics and postgraduate students.
— Julie Gatehouse