Paper Type
Research-in-Progress Paper
Abstract
In the underlying research- in- progress paper we propose an approach towards knowledge protection adapting existing approaches from IT security management. We argue that an organizational risk management framework should not only rely on protecting data but also on protecting knowledge which is underdeveloped in many cases and stops at the level of formulating abstract goals. We consider that a consistent translation from the organizational risk management goals to implemented controls is beneficial in particular to measure the success of the knowledge protection initiative. Further, the performance of organizational knowledge protection should be considered when assessing knowledge management success. The existence of controls for knowledge protection enables to measure how effectively controls implement the requirements and hence, indicate how well knowledge protection is actually pursued in an organization. This affects organizations’ abilities to prove compliance to risk management standards, laws, guidelines, or frameworks and creates transparency throughout the whole knowledge protection processes.
Recommended Citation
Manhart, Markus and Thalmann, Stefan, "An Integrated Risk Management Framework: Measuring the Success of Organizational Knowledge Protection" (2013). AMCIS 2013 Proceedings. 7.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2013/BusinessIntelligence/RoundTablePresentations/7
An Integrated Risk Management Framework: Measuring the Success of Organizational Knowledge Protection
In the underlying research- in- progress paper we propose an approach towards knowledge protection adapting existing approaches from IT security management. We argue that an organizational risk management framework should not only rely on protecting data but also on protecting knowledge which is underdeveloped in many cases and stops at the level of formulating abstract goals. We consider that a consistent translation from the organizational risk management goals to implemented controls is beneficial in particular to measure the success of the knowledge protection initiative. Further, the performance of organizational knowledge protection should be considered when assessing knowledge management success. The existence of controls for knowledge protection enables to measure how effectively controls implement the requirements and hence, indicate how well knowledge protection is actually pursued in an organization. This affects organizations’ abilities to prove compliance to risk management standards, laws, guidelines, or frameworks and creates transparency throughout the whole knowledge protection processes.