Running head: THE NEED FOR INFORMATION SECURITY MANAGEMENT FOR
SMEsThe need for Information Security Management for SMEsStudents
NameInstitutional Affiliation1THE NEED FOR INFORMATION SECURITY
MANAGEMENT FOR SMEs2The need for Information Security Management
(ISM) for SMEsIntroduction and JustificationGlobalization of
business has seen organizations face information security related
threats.As a result, business enterprises have adopted stringent
and flexible security policies. Inparticular, business companies
rely on information management systems to protect their dataagainst
security breaches when conducting their operations. However,
evidence suggests thatamong the small and medium enterprises (SMEs)
security is not appropriately upheld. Due to theconstant risk
exposure, SMEs are facing security risks that threaten the privacy
andconfidentiality of their online presence. Lopes and Oliveira
(2016) point that more often smalland medium-sized enterprises are
underestimated as major economic factors in many countriesdespite
their capability to employ more workforce compared to large
corporations. Furthermore,the SMEs require secure and reliable IT
infrastructure for the success of their businesses owingto the
novel opportunities and the chances e-commerce technologies
present. Just like largeorganizations, SMEs use information systems
to automate their services and safe protection ofcritical data.At a
time when information threat is the order of t …