INFORMATION SECURITY AUDITS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE

Authors

  • Prof. Sam Otamiri
  • Tariere Fortunate Nwibani

Keywords:

Information Audit, info-security, administrative effectiveness

Abstract

Businesses have major goals that includes increase in profit, larger market share, counter competition and brand identity process. In order to achieve these goals, institutions must rely on constant flow of information. Hence, the need for implementation of information security audit. This study sought to determine the extent to which information security audit correlate with administrative effectiveness in state-owned universities in Rivers State. The study adopted a research survey design to assess the correlation between information security audits and administrative effectiveness in state-owned universities in Rivers State. The population for this study comprised of two hundred and ninety-sixty (296) administrative staff of the two state-owned universities in Rivers State. For this study, the researcher conducted census survey and as such there was no sample size drawn from the population. Census survey is a complete listing of all the items in the population. It is studying the entire population without drawing a sample size. The study used questionnaires to collect primary data from the respondents. Two sets of questionnaires used were titled Information security audits Questionnaire (ISAQ) and Administrative Effectiveness Questionnaire (AEQ). Reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated through Cronbach's Alpha test which measures the internal consistency. A reliability coefficient of 0.89 was obtained. Mean and Spearman ranked correlation was the means of analysis. The results revealed very weak to very strong positive relationship between Info-security audit and measures of administrative effectiveness. The study concluded  that information security audit is very important for improving administrative effectiveness in the organizations. Based on the findings of the study and conclusions drawn, it was recommended that Management of the universities are highly encouraged to develop a clear strategy to allow for increased role of general controls of information security system in improvement of their problem solving and decision-making process.

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Published

2022-10-13

How to Cite

Prof. Sam Otamiri, & Tariere Fortunate Nwibani. (2022). INFORMATION SECURITY AUDITS AND ADMINISTRATIVE EFFECTIVENESS IN STATE-OWNED UNIVERSITIES IN RIVERS STATE . BW Academic Journal, 1(1), 9. Retrieved from https://bwjournal.org/index.php/bsjournal/article/view/911

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