Information Security Management: A Requisite for Sustainability of Manufacturing Firms in Rivers State, Nigeria

Authors: Allison Igbikis Anderson and Obara Chizi Eruchi (PhD)

Abstract:
The study investigated the relationship between information security management and sustainability of manufacturing firms in Rivers State. The study dimensions were authentication and encryption algorithm; while growth and customer loyalty measured the dependent variable. The research provided answers to two questions and tested four hypotheses in order to establish the hypotheses formulation that there is no significant relationship between information security management and sustainability. The study population comprised of the twenty-six Manufacturing firms in Rivers State. The research selected three managerial staff members from each of the firms under study making it total seventy-eight study elements. Data were generated from the respondents by the use of a well-structured questionnaire. Pearson’s product moment correlation was used to test hypotheses with the aid of statistical packages for social science (SPSS) version 23.0. The p-values were calculated to determine the significance of the hypothesized relationship. Analytical outcomes revealed statistically positive and significant relationships between the dimensions of our predictor variable-information security management and the measures of the criterion variable-sustainability. Based on the findings, the study concluded that information security management has a positive, significant relationship with sustainability of manufacturing firms in Rivers State. The study further recommended amongst others, that Management of manufacturing firms should seek to build strong encryption algorithms in line with their company policies and practices aimed at achieving Organizational sustainability.

Keywords: Information security Management, Sustainability, Encryption, Authentication, Manufacturing firms

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