Evaluation of the central libraries information security management at governmental universities located in Tehran, according to the international standard ISO/IEC 27002

This study assessed the evaluation of information security management status in central Libraries of governmental universities located in Tehran، according to ISO / I. E. C. 27002. Research method applied for the study is descriptive Survey and a questionnaire was used for collecting information. The questionnaire was distributed between the 74 central library managers of governmental universities in Tehran according to the recent list on the website of Ministry of Science، Research and Technology، that includes 39 components based on 11 indicators of the standard ISO/ I. E. C. 27002. Analysis of data has been done by using both descriptive and inferential statistics by Microsoft Excel 2007and SPSS statistical softwares. The results of research showed that the mean for libraries in 11 indexes are as follows: The mean for the first index، Security policy، is 3. 91، in the second index، organization of information security، is 4. 23، in the third index، asset security management، is 4. 38، in the fourth index، Human Resources Security management، is 4، in the fifth index، physical and environment Security management، is 4. 07، in the sixth index، operations management and communications، is 4. 15، in the Seventh index، access controls management، is 4. 38، in the eighth index، information system acquisition، development and maintenance، is 3. 92، in the ninth index، information security incident management، is 3. 84، in the tenth index، business continuity management، is 3. 46، in the eleventh index، compliance، is 3. 69 that match with the standard ISO / IEC. 27002. The results of Research shown that totally mean for standard ISO/I. E. C. 27002 in the field of information security management in the central libraries، is 4 being in a good condition and there is no significant differences between the performance of the Central libraries of the governmental Universities in Tehran، since It is not observed significant difference between them in the field of information security management according to ISO IEC. 27002.