Information Systems Security Management (ISSM) Maturity Factors In E-Commerce Malaysia

ISSM maturity essentially defines the full development of security management (SM) of a business. Organizations consist of many influences and characteristics that contribute to SM practices. As such these issues influence the business to achieve its ISSM maturity. In the small businesses such as SMI/E e-Commerce businesses, specifically in Malaysia, there are increasing challenges in SM implementation due to limited resources. Many of these small businesses sometimes failed to address SM appropriately leading to many security problems and issues, hence inhibited the business to commence its business normally. This research is conducted is based on the aims to investigate and determine the factors influencing ISSM maturity of SMI/E e-Commerce thus predict the relationship of these factors towards achieving ISSM maturity. A predicted framework was design to address the possible issues influencing the ISSM maturity of these businesses. Based on this research framework, a quantitative investigation using the survey as an instrument was carried out to determine the ISSM maturity factors in the small medium industries/enterprises (SMI/E) e-commerce business in Malaysia. The research investigation was conducted to selected e-commerce business based on the research characteristic define earlier in the research. The samples were generated by two different organizations to ensure data investigated is free from bias. Results of the data collection was analysed using the Partial Least Square technique (PLS) from the Structural Equation Method (SEM). The results shows, significant reliability score of 0.84 and above for all constructs involved in this study. The results displayed average variance extracted (AVE) exceeding 0.5, suggesting adequate convergent validity of all the constructs. The R value of the ISSM maturity in of this study prove to have significant results which is 50% above, showing the high dependability of each construct in ISSM maturity achievement. It is predicted that the organizational structure together with SM practices are the basis of ISSM maturity. However, only one construct relationship is supported from the findings. This findings suggest that the determine relationship may not be as direct as predicted in the earlier framework. As such it opens up to more opportunity of further studies, which could be conducted to provide better understanding in the ISSM maturity foe e-Commerce business. The discussion of the sections of this paper starts off with the research introduction and the problems of e-commerce and ISSM maturity. The material analysis provides detail information of current ISSM situation and relates the material findings with selected information system (IS) theories. Through which the research framework was constructed. Remaining of the sections continues to discuss the research investigation, analysis and findings, and finally concluding the findings in the conclusion section.