Ioannis Koskosas

• International Hellenic University - TEI of Western Macedonia

This research investigates the role of project commitment in the context of information systems security. In doing so, the research adopts a psychological point of view by exploring and discussing the concept of project commitment in setting information security goals. Information security can be viewed as the efficient control of uncertainty arisi...

A large part of information systems security approaches is technical in nature with less consideration on people and organizational issues. To this end, there is a need to investigate other means of managing information systems security since most information systems security approaches although valuable they focus on technical oriented solutions,...

Although information security is critical for organisations to survive, a number of studies continue to report incidents of critical information loss. To this end, there is still an increasing interest to study information security from a non-technical perspective. In doing so, this research focuses on the effect of strong corporate cultures and or...

Bank fees often strike fear in the heart of the average banking customer. According to a survey by Bank-rate, a company that reports on banks and banking, customers continue to get smashed with higher fees, ranging from ATM charges to minimum-balance fees. In addition, some customers are even charged a commission fee just to speak to a real live ba...

This research investigates the role of project commitment in the context of information systems security. In doing so, the research adopts a psychological point of view by exploring and discussing the concept of project commitment in setting information security goals. Information security can be viewed as the efficient control of uncertainty arisi...

This research focuses on the communication of security risk messages among organizations and particularly on communication between IT employees and managers within a bank in Greece. An important aspect of any information systems (IS) security activity is about ensuring the security of its infrastructure, and in doing so, communication is a key nece...

In the context of goal setting, the more difficult the goal, given feedback on performance, the more focused is individuals' attention and persistence to accomplish the goal and in turn, their performance is also improved. Similarly, when the goal is multi-complex and performance time constraint, the deployment of specific strategies maybe the best...

The aim of this research is to investigate information systems security in the context of security risk management. In doing so, it adopts a social and organizational approach by investigating the role and determinants of trust in the process of security goal setting with regard to internet banking risks. The research seeks to demonstrate the impor...

The main purpose of information security is to protect information and specifically, the integrity, confidentiality, and availability of data through an organization’s network and telecommunication channels. Although information security is critical for organizations to survive, a number of studies continue to report incidents of critical informati...

One of the best known and highly regarded Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) indexesis the Dow Jones Sustainability Index World (D.J.S.I.-World). By using the model ofGeneralized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroskedasticity (GARCH), the relationbetween D.J.S.I.-World returns to 10 year bond returns and Yen/U.S. dollar exchangerate is investigate...

This investigation focuses on the volatility of stock returns in the Belgian Stock Exchange from the period of April 1991 to April 2008. Empirical results have shown that there is a mean and volatility spillover effect from the big European markets. There are also mean spillover effects from the markets of the USA and the UK to the market of Belgiu...

A large part of information systems (IS) security approaches is technical in nature with less consideration on people and organizational issues. The research presented in this paper adopts a broader perspective and presents an understanding of IS security in terms of a social and organizational perspective. In doing so, it uses the communication of...

The aim of this research is to investigate information systems security in the context of internet banking. In doing so, it adopts a non-technical approach by investigating the interrelationship and effect of culture and risk communication in setting internet banking security goals. The research explores and discusses the theories of group culture,...

Information security can be viewed as the efficient control of uncertainty arising from malicious acts intended to exploit valuable assets and in the context of information systems the valuable assets under consideration are data. A large part of information security approaches is technical in nature with less consideration on people and organizati...

The aim of this research is to investigate the role of strong organizational cultures in setting information-systems security goals. In doing so, we explore and discuss the concept of culture within three financial organizations with different social and organizational structures, and seek to demonstrate the importance of having a cohesive culture...

The aim of this research is to investigate information systems security in the context of Internet banking. In doing so, it adopts a socio-organizational approach to the subject matter by investigating the interrelationship between trust and risk communication within information technology groups and their possible effect on the level of security g...

The aim of this research is to investigate information systems security in the context of internet banking. In doing so, it adopts a socio-organizational approach to the subject matter by investigating the interrelationship between culture and risk communication within information technology groups and their possible effect on the level of security...

This article suggests a framework which is mainly based on the concept of goals for managing information security. The framework illustrates socio-organisational perspectives such as trust, culture and risk communication within the context of information security goal-setting. Three case studies show evidence that there is a chain reaction among th...

The investigation in this paper takes a socio-organisational approach to information systems security management and proposes a framework which illustrates three important issues in the process of security goal setting. These are: trust, culture and risk communication. Three case studies show evidence that there is a chain reaction among these issu...

Although information security is critical for organizations to survive, a number of studies continue to report incidents of critical information loss. To this end, there is a continuous interest to study information security from a non-technical perspective. In doing so, this research focuses on organizational culture and commitment to e-banking se...

A large part of information systems security approaches is technical in nature with less consideration on people and organizational issues. To this end, there is a need to investigate other means of managing information systems security since most information systems security approaches although valuable they focus on technical oriented solutions,...

The paper provides a survey research report on the information security and communication management disciplines within the scope of Web Banking. The benefits and uses of information and communication approaches were examined to determine their influence on the effective management of web banking security risks. Information and communication approa...

In this paper internet banking security risks are investigated from the socio-organizational perspective. Through the years there is a tendency to believe that although new approaches and techniques provide a secure technical framework for managing information, they ignore the social aspects of risks and the informal structure of organizations. At...