The relationship between organizational culture and information security management

The present study aims at investigating the relationship between organizational culture and information security management in Shiraz Saderat Bank branches. 310 people were selected using the Cochran formula. The instrument adopted was the Chang and Lin (2007) questionnaire distributed using the relative stratified method. It was validated by getting feedback from experts and the reliability was tested through Cronbach's Alpha. The descriptive statistics indexes including mean and SD were calculated for all variables. The variables for male and female respondents were investigated using the t test for independent groups. The relationships among the variables were calculated using the SPSS 17 The findings indicated that the relationship between organizational culture and information security management in the Shiraz branches of Saderat Bank is significant. Also the relationships between the dimensions of organizational culture (cooperation, effectiveness, continuance, and innovation) and information security management are significant. Statistical investigations revealed that the correlation between innovation and information security management is significant and negative. The investigation of the influence of demographic variables on information security management revealed that information security scores are significantly higher in males than females and job tenure and education have significant influences on the staff's perception of information security.