Factors Influencing Employee's Compliance with Information Security Policy in Organization

Today, risks related to information security are amajor challenge for many organizations, since these risks mayhave direct consequences, including loss ofcredibility and monetary damage. Statistics suggest that damages the information systems security is increasing.Many organizationsrecognize that their employees, who areoften considered the weakest link in information security, canalso be great assets in the effort to reduce risk related to information security. There is not significant research on the human aspect of information systems security and practice. Hence the purpose of this study was to examine factors influencing the employee compliance with information systems security policy in organization. To this end, 221 persons (including staff of 5 different organizations) were selected with the proportional method. After collecting the data, hypotheses were analyzed through confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling using AMOS software. The results showed that self-efficacy and attitude about the compliance have the most effects on the intention to comply with information security policy in organization.