Investigacao empirica sobre a percepcao da seguranca da informacao pelos usuarios de uma universidade pública baseada na analise fatorial exploratoria

Abstract

The present work on information security in the academic area, aims to analyze the users' perception of IT infrastructure of a public university on the factors involved in information security. Through a quantitative questionnaire online, eight factors related to information security were explored, which were taken from the literature reviewed, with special attention to the qualitative work in the area. They are: 1. Administration's support; 2. Assignment of responsibility;3. Environment of academic freedom; 4. Safety culture; 5. Priority of security; 6. Participation in safety activities; 7. Awareness programs; 8. Communication. After collecting data, total of 122 cases, the method of exploratory factor analysis for multivariate analysis of data was applied to accept or reject the hypothesis of the work. The work has extended other research on information security and indicates that the administration's support is the most important factor to explain the perception of information security in a public university environment. Information security policies in this organization should take this factor into account during its preparation.