Education in IT Security: A Case Study in Banking Industry

Abstract

The banking industry has been changing incessantly
and facing new combination of risks. Data protection and
corporate security is now one of the major issues in banking
industry. As the rapid changing on technologies from time to
time, the industry should be aware on new technologies in order
to protect information assets and prevent fraud activities. This
paper begins with literature study of information security issues
and followed by focused-group interviews with five participants
within the industry and survey analysis of “The global state of
Information Security survey 2013” which published by
PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC). Trends and questions were
discussed as well as possible solution. The study suggests that IT
security education should be made to different level of staffs such
as executives, professional and general staffs. Besides, the
banking industry should increase company-wide security
awareness and the importance of corporate security which keep
the information and physical assets secure and in a proper way.