Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/310473 
Year of Publication: 
2011
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems (JAMIS) [ISSN:] 2559-6004 [Volume:] 10 [Issue:] 4 [Year:] 2011 [Pages:] 495-515
Publisher: 
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract: 
Web 2.0 applications are continuously moving into the corporate mainstream. Each new development brings its own threats or new ways to deliver old attacks. The objective of this study is to develop a framework to identify the security issues an organisation is exposed to through Web 2.0 applications, with specific focus on unauthorised access. An extensive literature review was performed to obtain an understanding of the technologies driving Web 2.0 applications. Thereafter, the technologies were mapped against Control Objectives for Information and related Technology and Trust Service Principles and Criteria and associated control objectives relating to security risks. These objectives were used to develop a framework which can be used to identify risks and formulate appropriate internal control measures in any organisation using Web 2.0 applications. Every organisation, technology and application is unique and the safeguards depend on the nature of the organisation, information at stake, degree of vulnerability and risks. A comprehensive security program should include a multi-layer approach comprising of a control framework, combined with a control model considering the control processes in order to identify the appropriate control techniques.
Subjects: 
Web 2.0
Security risks
Control framework
Control Objectives for Information and related Technology (CobiT)
Trust Service Principles and Criteria
JEL: 
M42
O32
Creative Commons License: 
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Document Type: 
Article

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