Investigating information systems security for banks in Kenya
Abstract
Banks in Kenya have been automating their process to enhance services
delivery to customers and reduce on the frauds that are occasioned by manual
processes. The rate of consuming Information technologies by banks is
unprecedented in Kenya. Automation of services by banks comes with different
ways of exposure to the frauds and they have caused the banks to incur financial
losses and have their corporate image dented due to deploying information
systems without implementing appropriate information systems security
frameworks.
The purpose of the study was to establish the challenges that banks in Kenya
encounter in adopting and implementing information systems security
frameworks. Also the study aimed to develop an appropriate information systems
security framework and assess the compliance levels for banks in accordance to
the developed framework.
The methodology of the study involved analyzing the existing information
systems security frameworks, a study into the banks security requirements and
design of an information systems security framework suitable for banks. The
methods used in the field survey were questionnaire and document review.
The main finding in the study was that majority of banks have not adopted any
appropriate information systems security framework for their security and the
main reason was due to lack of knowledge on the benefits of having a framework
and lack of IT and banks management support.
The Key contributions of the study was the development of the appropriate
information systems security framework for the banks in Kenya, identification of
challenges that banks face in adopting and implementing information systems
security frameworks, provision of solutions to identified challenges and information showing state of information systems security for banks in Kenya.
Citation
Master of Science in Information SystemsSponsorhip
University of NairobiPublisher
School of computing and informatics University of Nairobi