Key risk indicators for information technology
Other Title(s)
مؤشرات المخاطر الرئيسية لأنظمة المعلومات
Dissertant
al-Madi, Mustafa Mahmud Abu Bakr
Thesis advisor
Comitee Members
Hadi, Ali
al-Majali, Sufyan
al-Qatawnah, Jafar
University
Princess Sumaya University for Technology
Faculty
King Hussein Faculty for Computing Sciences
Department
Department of Computer Sciences
University Country
Jordan
Degree
Master
Degree Date
2015
English Abstract
Today, security breaches are considered as the most serious risk facing the world’s economic sectors.
Although there is progress in information security science and its technology, there is no risk free due to unknown future from IT infrastructure threats.
Risk Management tries to answer these challenges in predicting the future and learning from the past by the usage of key risk indicators, which is a forecasting technique to diagnose incidents factors and recommended solutions.
This thesis defines the need for such indicators.
It also includes reviewing previous work and highlighting the importance of risk indicators.
Researcher introduce a proposed model to derive key risk indicators by using appetite and tolerance in order to prepare defenses against potential types of threats and solve defined gaps inside information technology environment in banks.
This thesis also reviews the challenges faced by banks in their way for protecting clients’ data against inside or outside threats, as well as evaluate the proposed model by bank experts to come up with results and conclusions.
The evaluation's result of the proposed model approach for deriving key risk indicators for information technology environment came to underline the importance of key risk indicators as a proactive method to forecast and mitigate potential risks surrounding information technology operations and threatening data security.
Main Subjects
Financial and Accounting Sciences
Information Technology and Computer Science
Topics
No. of Pages
72
Table of Contents
Table of contents.
Abstract.
Abstract in Arabic.
Chapter One : Introduction.
Chapter Two : Information technology in banking sector and securing data challenges.
Chapter Three : Background and literature review.
Chapter Four : Proactive key risk indicators applied for IT environment.
Chapter Five : Evaluation.
Chapter Six : Conclusions and future work.
References.
American Psychological Association (APA)
al-Madi, Mustafa Mahmud Abu Bakr. (2015). Key risk indicators for information technology. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651071
Modern Language Association (MLA)
al-Madi, Mustafa Mahmud Abu Bakr. Key risk indicators for information technology. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Princess Sumaya University for Technology. (2015).
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651071
American Medical Association (AMA)
al-Madi, Mustafa Mahmud Abu Bakr. (2015). Key risk indicators for information technology. (Master's theses Theses and Dissertations Master). Princess Sumaya University for Technology, Jordan
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-651071
Language
English
Data Type
Arab Theses
Record ID
BIM-651071
