Abstract:
This study is descriptive research aimed to study knowledge, awareness, and behavior regarding information security among Thai healthcare providers using Buddhasothorn Hospital as a case study. The sample consisted of 353 Buddhasothorn hospital employees. The study instrument was a newly developed assessment tool to measure knowledge, awareness, and behavior in information security. The data were analyzed using descriptive and correlational statistics. Results showed that 54.11% of staff had knowledge of information security at the highest level. Averagely 72.74%, 79.20%, and 78.20% of staffs correctly answered the questions about general knowledge on information security, information security-related laws, and secured password management, respectively, while only 52.32% of staffs correctly answered the questions about information and cyber threats. From the information security awareness and behavior assessment, 90.60% of staff had awareness at the high to highest level, and 93.75% of staff had risky information security behavior at the seldom to never level. Risky behaviors that were at the sometimes level were do not log out of the information system when not using the computer for longer than 15 minutes, do not notify the computer center immediately after finding an abnormality of the computer in the information network, do not verify the URL of links in e-mails, and do not verify e-mail content and scan files attached with e-mails. Awareness of information security had moderately positive correlations with information security knowledge and behavior, while knowledge had no significant relationship with information security behavior. The results of this study provide important information for planning knowledge development, raising awareness, and promoting information security behaviors among healthcare staff.