IInvestigating the Situation of Information Security Architecture in Mazandaran Public Libraries Based on ISO / IEC 27002 Standard

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the implementation of information security architecture in Mazandaran Public Library, based on the ISO / IEC 27002 standard.

The present research is an analytical survey and in terms of its purpose. The statistical population of the study consist of 193 librarians of the general libraries of Mazandaran. A sample of 129 people was selected through the Cochran formula. The data gathering tool is the ISO / IEC 27002 Standard Information Security Architecture, which is used in the research of Malek Allahami (2012) and includes 11 indicators and 39 components. Cronbach's alpha test was used to test the reliability of the questionnaire and the KS test was used to measure the normality of the data, then t-test was used for testing the questions and Pearson test was used for the hypotheses. To analyze the information needed for the test, statistical software 22 SPSS has been used.

The findings showed that the highest mean for the physical and environmental security index was 4.75, the lowest for security policy index was 2.42. According to the mentioned mean, information security in public libraries of Mazandaran province is evaluated at high level. There is also a significant difference between the implementation of the information security architecture and its components in the libraries under the ISO / IEC 27002 standard.

The results show that managers and security managers need to consider different aspects of security in order to provide security in any information system, helping them create a secure information system and also based on People's comments can be used to assess the architectural levels of information security in the organization.