Analysis of the dominant enterprise information assurance mechanisms Online publication date: Wed, 24-Feb-2010
by Shafqat Hameed, Atta Badii, Craig Hawker
International Journal of Value Chain Management (IJVCM), Vol. 4, No. 1/2, 2010
Abstract: This study analyses current information assurance mechanisms employed by the target group of businesses. The questionnaire responses indicate that 47% of respondents do perceive backup methodologies as important, with a total of 70% of respondents having some backup methodology already in place. The respondents perceived the loss of data to have a significant effect upon the ability of their business to function. Only 14% of respondents indicated that loss of data on computer systems would not affect their business at all, with 54% of respondents indicating that there would be a major effect on their ability to operate. Respondents who had experienced data loss were more likely to have backup methodologies in place (53%) than respondents that had not experienced data loss (18%). There is a significant level of empirical data from this research to suggest a strong association between the existence of backup methodologies and company size.
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