Analyzing Information Security Outsourcing Intention: A Risk Perspective

• Main Authors: Wei-Ming Chan, 詹偉銘
• Other Authors: Wei-Yuan Hsu
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/69031461510577930837

碩士 === 國立臺灣大學 === 資訊管理學研究所 === 98 === When information security has become a must-have function for a corporation, outsourcing information security begins to be recognized as a strategy to obtain security resources. However, most of information system managers are still confronted with difficulties when deciding whether to outsource information security or not. This research objective is to develop an integrative framework based on transaction cost theory and agency theory in assessing information security outsourcing intention. To test the usefulness of the research framework, this research adopt a quantitative method by surveying IT managers and security professionals in Taiwan. Results show that there is a strong relationship between information security outsourcing risk and information security outsourcing intention. In addition, although several predictors of information security outsourcing risk are not significant, this research found that uncertainty is the important influence on information security outsourcing risk.