Evaluation of Information Security Culture of Specialized Institution libraries in the Field of Engineering

Review on internal researches shows that so far no structured study was conducted with the focus on an information security culture model. That means until now, no research examined perception, attitude and behavior of information security culture of librarians. According to the purpose, this study for the first time localizes an information security culture model in Iran.The purpose of the study was to evaluate the Information Security Culture of Specialized Institution libraries in the Field of Engineering in Tehran & Alborz.This applied research conducted in a analytical and descriptive survey approach. Applying non-probability sampling, the research included 19 Engineering Research Institutes in Tehran and Alborz province and all librarians working in the library of those institutions were studied. Data were collected by a researcher-made questionnaire based on Martins Information Security Culture Model in 2001. Data analyzed by using Descriptive Statistics such asIndicator of Central Tendency,Scattering Parameters and Analytical Statistics Method including One-way Analysis of Variance.The results indicated that the level of information security culture in studied libraries was weak (%76.7). On the other hand, the average perception, attitude and behavior of the librarians in the main dimensions of information security culture, i.e., in the Organizational Level was middle (%40.97), in the Group Level (%21.73), in the Individual Level (%24.67) and Change (%17.13) were weak. Moreover, sub-dimensions, namely Policy and Procedures (%15.78), Risk Analysis (%11.82), Benchmarking (%8.07), Budget (%5.3), Management (%12.18), Trust (%9.55), Awareness (%18.13) and Ethical Conduct (%6.53) were at low level.The current status of information security culture of libraries of research institutes was poorly evaluated. Furthermore, the status of perception, attitude and behavior of librarians regarding information security culture in the main dimensions and sub-dimensions were weak.