Exploring the value conflicts and supports of information security compliance in nursing practices : A case-study in the Hospital of Southern Norway …

2020

Master's thesis in Information systems (IS501) Background: Information and information systems are a vital resource for an organiza-tion. Data breaches cannot be prevented by technical measures alone, that is why this thesis looks at the human elementin the search for understanding compliancewith se-curity policies. Thecontext is the hospital sectorwith the aim ofunderstanding theac-tual behavior of employees and the divergence of convergence withprescribed policies. Theoretical lens:The study adopts the lens of Value-Based Compliancetheory,which has its roots in the health caresector. This theory describes information security actions as 1) prescribed(the written policies), and2) actual(th…