Segurança da informação: abordagem do tema com foco no usuário e seu comportamento informacional seguro

Abstract

Businesses are increasingly interlinked, either via Internet or private network connection on Wide Area Network (WAN). Thus, information is constantly exposed to external threats. Due to this risk, most organizations have systems that seek to reduce these threats. But not only technological actions are necessary for an adequate procedure to protect information, but interventions on people and organizational processes are also needed. The goal of this monograph is to identify the employees' behavior in these organizations and assess their knowledge while acting in different niche market, in relation to information security. For this goal to be achieved, a quantitative research was made through a questionnaire that aimed at analyzing existing security policies to protect information and at verifying users' behavior. This questionnaire, with objective questions, was the tool used to collect data and it was applied via Internet.