Table I ISM organisational factors in...

Table I

ISM organisational factors in current organisations

Category/organisational factor	Organisational factor	Citation frequency
Business IT alignment		22
Information security leadership issues	Employees engagement	1
	Organisational identity of the CISO	1
	Lack of confidence	1
Organisational size		8
Organisational type of industry		4
Uncertainty of environmental elements	Rapid change of technology and complexity of such	4
	Competitors’ behaviour	3
	Customer security requirements	1
	Changes in legislation	1
Organisational support	Top management support	16
	Information security projects financing priority	6
	Organisational structure effectiveness	10
Organisational awareness	Staff and management, awareness and training	13
	Information security culture	3
	IT competencies	11
Security controls’ development	Risk management	7
	Security policies implementation	5
	Standards compliance	9
	Performance evaluation, controls effectiveness and quality assurance	14

Category/organisational factor	Organisational factor	Citation frequency
Business IT alignment		22
Information security leadership issues	Employees engagement	1
	Organisational identity of the CISO	1
	Lack of confidence	1
Organisational size		8
Organisational type of industry		4
Uncertainty of environmental elements	Rapid change of technology and complexity of such	4
	Competitors’ behaviour	3
	Customer security requirements	1
	Changes in legislation	1
Organisational support	Top management support	16
	Information security projects financing priority	6
	Organisational structure effectiveness	10
Organisational awareness	Staff and management, awareness and training	13
	Information security culture	3
	IT competencies	11
Security controls’ development	Risk management	7
	Security policies implementation	5
	Standards compliance	9
	Performance evaluation, controls effectiveness and quality assurance	14

Source: Devised by authors

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