Start Date
16-8-2018 12:00 AM
Description
People distribute blame to the parties they feel responsible in information security breaches. This paper provides propositions of blame distribution based on (a) the source of the breach, (b) the classification of the information that was vulnerable and (c) the classification of stakeholder, and is motivated by gaps in academic literature concerning blame distribution after a breach. The propositions in this paper are grounded in the attribution theory and previous research on institutional trust. Future research methods are discussed, including the data collection. Future research ideas are discussed in this paper.
Recommended Citation
Miller, Andrew and Marett, Kent, "Blame Distribution Following Information Security Breaches" (2018). AMCIS 2018 Proceedings. 17.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/amcis2018/Security/Presentations/17
Blame Distribution Following Information Security Breaches
People distribute blame to the parties they feel responsible in information security breaches. This paper provides propositions of blame distribution based on (a) the source of the breach, (b) the classification of the information that was vulnerable and (c) the classification of stakeholder, and is motivated by gaps in academic literature concerning blame distribution after a breach. The propositions in this paper are grounded in the attribution theory and previous research on institutional trust. Future research methods are discussed, including the data collection. Future research ideas are discussed in this paper.