Determinants of Information Security Management Effectiveness in Private Secondary Schools in Madinah: A Field Study in Light of the Institutional Integration Approach

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Policies, procedures, governance, and security awareness are the primary predictors of information security management effectiveness in private secondary schools, where the main challenge is the lack of institutional integration rather than the absence of basic controls. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

Othman Kamal Mahmoud Mohammed Ahmed¹

doi:10.53796/hnsj79/17

September 1, 2026Humanitarian and Natural Sciences JournalOpen Access

Determinants of Information Security Management Effectiveness in Private Secondary Schools in Madinah: A Field Study in Light of the Institutional Integration Approach

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To assess information security management effectiveness across private secondary schools and identify the organizational, technical, and human factors that drive institutional integration.
Conducted a descriptive cross-sectional survey using a 51-item questionnaire across eight domains (overall Cronbach's alpha = 0.979).
Sampled N=356 school leaders, teachers, administrative staff, and IT personnel in Madinah, Saudi Arabia.
Evaluated associations using Pearson correlation coefficients, multiple linear regression modeling, and subgroup comparisons.
Information security effectiveness correlated positively and significantly with policies and procedures (r = 0.679), security awareness (r = 0.653), and governance (r = 0.623).
Multiple regression analysis accounted for 57.1% of the variance in management effectiveness, with policies and procedures (β = 0.396), governance (β = 0.301), and security awareness (β = 0.288) emerging as primary predictors.
Staff with prior cybersecurity training demonstrated statistically significant gains in overall security effectiveness compared to untrained peers.

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Cross-sectional survey reveals clear policies, governance, and awareness drive information security effectiveness in school staff, highlighting the need for institutional integration.

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Othman Kamal Mahmoud Mohammed Ahmed¹ (2026) studied this question.

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