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¶ … security is becoming one of the most important issues in many walks of life and in differing environments around the world. Data and information has become the new religion and its importance and security should be a top concern for organizations wishing to maintain a competitive advantage in their industry and markets. Understanding the issues associated with today's unique and collective world can help leadership units within companies to apply their information technology resources in the most effective, economic and efficient manner that fuses strategy and operations into a seamless flow of power and intent.
The purpose of this paper is to examine the aforementioned topic by first describing the multicultural and multinational issues that are most pertinent in information security today. This essay will next address the issues and complexities that accompany organizations that has multiple directors and the problems that can arise in this situation. Finally this essay will address these issues and apply them to Stratified Custom Manufacturing (SCM) by developing an alternative structure to support the demands of new security initiatives that address these new and unfolding problems.
Cultural Issues in Information Security
Mellado & Rosado (2012) explained how it is inevitable that successful companies integrate technological change into their organizations...
They wrote " The permanent and global nature of security threats and the increasing complexity of IT infrastructures are currently leading organizations throughout the world to revise their approaches towards information security. Hiring the ICT's (Information and Communication Technologies) equivalent of military men, i.e. security technologists and white-hat hackers, and entrusting security to them is no longer sufficient, (p.1598).
Disorganization as an Information Technology Security Threat
The militarization of information technology is necessary due to the multicultural and multinational influences the markets have succumbed to in recent times. Cultures fly in the face of everyone and everywhere consent is offered. Protection of national and cultural interests are often overlooked due to false ideals that have been perhaps mistakenly institutionalized through our places of learning and education. Regardless, the threat of new culture and multinational approaches must be regarded with caution and IT departments must become like soldiers in their defense of the valuable data and information contained in these organizations.
Devine (2009) suggested that "what you need is a high level security function which is seen as a benefit, as protecting the company from experiencing…
References
Cases in Information Security: Law and Ethics. Eds. Michael E. Whitman and Herbert J. Mattord. Boston: Course Technology, 2011.
Devine, S, (2009). Complex Information Security Compliance for Multinational. Infosecurity Magazine, 19 Nov 2009. Retrieved from http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/5347/complex-information-security-compliance-for-multinational
Mellado, D. & Rosado, D. (2012) An Overview of Current Information Systems Security Challenges and Innovations. Journal of Universal Computer Science, 2012 18(12); 1598:1607.
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