Information security management: An entangled research challenge

In May 2009 the Information Security Group, Royal Holloway, became host to a medical sociologist from St. George’s Hospital, University of London, under EPSRC’s discipline hopping scheme. As part of this knowledge transfer activity, a sociotechnical study group was formed comprising computer scientists, mathematicians, organisational researchers and a sociologist. The focus of this group is to consider different avenues of sociotechnical research in information security. This article briefly outlines some of the areas of research where sociotechnical studies might contribute to information security management.