Exploring the Adoption of the International Information Security Management System Standard ISO/IEC 27001: A Web Mining-Based Analysis

In the light of digitalization and recent EU policy initiatives, information is an important asset that organizations all sizes from sectors should secure. However, in order to provide common requirements for implementation security management system, internationally well-accepted ISO/IEC 27001 standard has not shown expected growth rate since its publication more than a decade ago. this article, we apply web mining explore adoption through series 2664 out 900 000 German firms Mannheim Enterprise Panel dataset refers on their websites. As result, present ``landscape'' Germany, which shows only seek certifications themselves but often refer websites partners who are certified instead. Consequently, estimate probit model find larger innovative likely be almost half belong communications technology (ICT) service sector. Based our findings, derive implications makers critically assess suitability system standards.