The Importance of Cyber Security in Management Information Systems (MIS)

Abstract

In the Information Age we are in, the intensive use of Management Information Systems (MIS) while carrying out their activities has brought Cyber Security (SG) for MIS a necessity. Cyber security incidents that may occur in MIS systems as a result of cyber threats and attacks may cause the MIS systems used in enterprises to be out of service, economic damage to enterprises, and damage to different data such as corporate, personal, health and intellectual property belonging to enterprises. In fact, these SG incidents can have an effect as much as a violation of national security. In this study, first of all, the general framework of the concepts related to SG was drawn, MIS security was researched within the scope of cyber security, and it was aimed to make suggestions for increasing current awareness of MIS cyber security in this framework. The results of the research show that the implementation of SG issues, rules and measures in MIS systems has an important role in making effective, fast and correct decisions, especially for managers, and it has been observed that SG issues are a critical issue for MIS. As a result of the study, the importance of the use of domestic and national information technologies in ensuring the information security of MIS systems was emphasized.