ANCHORING INFORMATION SECURITY GOVERNANCE RESEARCH: SOCIOLOGICAL GROUNDINGS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS

Abstract An important aspect of any system development,activity is about ensuring the security of both,the IT infrastructure and,all the valuable,information contained,within,the organisation. Keeping, information safe and secure, therefore, is a key necessity for present day managers. The,board,of directors are ultimately accountable,for their organisation’s success. Consequently, it is imperative that these senior executives take responsibility for the protection of their company’s information. There has been a lot of research undertaken,on information,security but very,little has been,carried out on information security governance. This paper explores and critiques the literature on bot h information security and information security governance. In order to investigate these areas effectively, it is important to classify the different theories and to trace their