The Obstacles of Applyingthe Electronic Management A Survey Study onthe Telecommunications Companies in Lattakia

This study aimed to examine the obstacles and problems that facing the telecommunications companies in Lattakia in electronic management application, and try to reach a set of recommendations and proposals that are expected to help the companies under study to overcome these obstacles. To achieve this, the researcher analyzed the relationship between the presence of all of the obstacles (administrative, financial, legislative, technical, human, and security), and the application of electronic management. This was done through a survey on telecommunications companies in Latakia (PTC, Syriatel) company,The size of research sample was /60/unit.The study found that there is a relationship between the presence of all of the obstacles (administrative, financial, legislative, technical, human, and security), and the application of electronic management in the companies under study.

A Novel Approach to Design Quantitative Method for ICT Security Assessment

The intent of this paper is to present a novel quantitative equation to assess information security level for enterprises, establishments and corporate generally, and financial institutions specifically in public and private sectors in Syria. This method is the result of statistical study1 which has been applied to a set of financial institutions in Syria as a sample of study to assess the gap between existing information security level and ISO 27K directives for Information and Communication Technology (ICT) security, benefiting from other international approaches and models designed for this purpose. This study aims to highlight the special requirements and the modified framework required to develop ICT security in financial institutions taking into consideration the culture and the special conditions in Syria.