TY - JOUR AB - This article investigates the evolution of computing, with specific reference to the security issues involved. These issues are then taken further to determine the need for education in the workplace through an information security awareness program. Techniques borrowed from the field of social psychology, which have been largely ignored in current awareness programs, are highlighted in order to show how they could be utilized to improve the effectiveness of the awareness program. VL - 6 IS - 4 SN - 0968-5227 DO - 10.1108/09685229810227649 UR - https://doi.org/10.1108/09685229810227649 AU - Thomson M.E. AU - von Solms R. PY - 1998 Y1 - 1998/01/01 TI - Information security awareness: educating your users effectively T2 - Information Management & Computer Security PB - MCB UP Ltd SP - 167 EP - 173 Y2 - 2024/04/25 ER -