Managerial Information Security Awareness' Impact on an Organization's Information Security Performance

The primary goal of this study is to examine the relationship between managerial information security awareness and managerial actions toward information security for the purpose of putting stress on the significant roles of managerial information security awareness in an organization’s total information security performance. Under the assumption that managerial actions toward information security has a positive impact on changes in the content of strategies and organizational outcomes in turn, the research supports the following: higher managerial information security awareness leads to more managerial actions toward information security and ultimately more efficient organization performance regarding information security.