Academic Publications: Extended Enterprise

A Field Study of Extended Enterprise Security

Scott Dynes

M. Eric Johnson
Proceedings of the Third CABIT, 2005

We find that many managers believe: that information security is less a competitive advantage than a qualifier for doing business; that firms’ internal networks are not at additional risk as a result of using the information infrastructure to integrate their supply chains; and that their supply chains are robust to internet outages of up to a week in duration. We discuss their security perceptions and actions in the context of a cost model.

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Topics: Extended Enterprise, Information Security, Operations, Process