Development of a Framework for Analyzing Individual and Environmental Factors Preceding Attitude toward Information Security

The purpose of this study is to explore the relations between environmental and personal factors affecting accepted peer influence as a determinant of the individual attitude toward information security. Interactional psychology offers a research framework in which the individual attitude related to security is considered a result of an interaction between the person and the situation. While research on information systems security using the organizational and group levels of analysis is common in the literature, research considering the implications of the individual characteristics and attitude on organizational information security is novel. Our primary interest is to present the theoretical framework, proposed model and suggested methodology to approach this research framework.