Information Security Policies: A Case Study of Ghana Cocoa Board

Information Security Policies: A Case Study of Ghana Cocoa Board

Ian Donkor-Kroti

Highly sensitive information pertaining to individuals and government institutions couple with their daily transactions are processed in an electronic format these days, making information security a critical part of e-Government applications and architectures. Information security measures should ideally span from authentication to authorization and from logical/physical access control to auditing of electronic transactions and log books. The lack of such measures compromises confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. Most organizations are faced with developing information security systems and also committing their staffs to adhere to the set standards. This thesis aims at discussing and analyzing how information security policies are developed within Ghana Cocoa Board and also how employees appreciate and commit themselves to work with the set security policies. The thesis identified that most policies the administrators develop are not enforced well, also management do not really appreciate the development of these policies therefore top management does not help the Information systems department to enforce the policies. The work found out that security must be handled within COCOBOD with utmost care and diligence, therefore top management must be ready to help drive the culture down to the employees of the organization.

Msc in Management Information Systems

Ghana Technology University College

May, 2018

Dr. Stephen Asunka