Safety Program Organization

THE ROLE OF SAFETY MANAGEMENT ON PERSONAL INFORMATION

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The Role of Safety Management on Personal Information

Safety management describes a process of protection from any harm . It also describes the countermeasures put in place by that process . Harm may indicate a loss of confidentiality , integrity , and availability Safety management focuses on preventing harm resulting from both random acts of nature and intentional strategic actions (Schechter , 2004

Safety management is a major concern in today 's digital era . The

br Internet offers a low cost , but insecure means of reaching people . Owing to the ubiquity of the Internet , it is difficult to control and trace intrusions or attacks by unauthorized people , hackers , etc . Electronic commerce applications need secure mechanisms for accurate user identification , accessing sensitive database , storing and transmitting sensitive information , etc . Personal identification numbers (PINs passwords , smart cards and digital certificates are some of the means normally used for this purpose . However , these means do not really identify a person , but only knowledge of some data or belonging of some determined object (Sanchez-Reillo et al , 1999 , e .g . public key infrastructure (PKI ) cannot assure identity of the maker of a transaction , it can only identify the maker 's computer . An imposter can easily masquerade as a legitimate user and defraud the system

Information must be readily available in organizations for making decisions to support the organizational mission . Murphy , Boren , and Schlarman (2000 ) state that due to increased connectivity and the customers on a real time basis , the need to protect and secure computer resources is greater than ever . As a result , this has created the possibility of exposing sensitive corporate information to competitors as well as hackers who can now access organizational computer resources from remote sites

The potential loss of such information to an organization goes beyond financial losses and includes the possibility of corrupted data , denial of services to suppliers , business partners and customers , loss of customer confidence , and lost sales . Security in business processes (i .e , maintaining proper authentication , authorization non-repudiation , and privacy ) is critical to successful e-business operations . Enabling business functions over the Internet has been recognized as a major component for the success of businesses and , by mitigating risks in a cost-effective manner , security is now being viewed as a component of business operations (Deise , Nowikow , King Wright , 2000 . Decisions about information systems made by managers are vital to the success , and even survival , of a firm (Enns , Huff Golden , 2003

Despite increased security threats , organizations have traditionally allocated very little of the Forrester Research estimates that in Fortune 500 companies , the average amount of money as a percent of revenue that is spent on IT security is 0 .0025 percent or slightly less than what they spend on coffee (Clarke 2002 . Organizations must evaluate and prioritize the optimum mix of products and services to be deployed for protecting confidentiality (maintaining privacy of information , integrity (maintaining information is not altered in transit , and availability...