An adaptation of the Awareness Boundary Model towards smartphone security

Employees are becoming increasingly aware of the wealth of functionality available using smartphone computing; they fall hopelessly short in the awareness of the associated organisational information security risks associated with smartphone computing. Existing security measures are not adequately adapted for the risks introduced through smartphone usage. Therefore, there exists a need to apply principles of dynamic risk awareness to reduce organisational smartphone security risks. This paper examines the Awareness Boundary Model and its feasibility in reducing organisational risks introduced through increasing employee awareness of the information security risks of smartphone computing.