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- Publisher
- Emerald Publishing
- Copyright
- Copyright © Emerald Group Publishing Limited
- ISSN
- 1026-4116
- DOI
- 10.1108/10264116200800003
- Publisher site
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Abstract
The objective of this study is to investigate perceived security threats of Computerized Accounting Information Systems CAIS that face Jordanian domestic banks. An empirical survey using selfadministrated questionnaire has been carried out to achieve the abovementioned objective. The study results reveal that accidental entry of bad data by employees, accidental destruction of data by employees intentional entry of bad data by employees and employees sharing passwords are the top four security threats that face domestic banks. The paper concludes that most security threats that face domestic banks are internally generated and unintentional.
Journal
Journal of Economic and Administrative Sciences – Emerald Publishing
Published: Jun 1, 2008