Disclosure of organizational information by employees on Facebook: Looking at the potential for information security risks

• Main Authors: Abdul Molok , Nurul Nuha, Ahmad, Atif, Chang, Shanton
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: H61.8 Communication of information; T58.6 Management information systems
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/33079/1/Abdul_Molok%2C_Ahmad_%26_Chang_2011_-_Disclosure_of_Org_Info_by_Employees_on_Facebook.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/33079/; http://aisel.aisnet.org/acis2011/78/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Online social networking (OSN) is a global phenomenon and its use by employees has been reported to be detrimental to organizations. Nevertheless, OSN impacts on organizational information security are rarely discussed in academic literature. This study investigates the use of OSN sites by employees...