A (ANOVA). As IT and mobile applications increase in volume and complexity, malicious cyber-attacks are evolving and as a result, society is facing greater security risks in cyberspace more than ever before. To understand employees' behavior in the workplace a framework is proposed and tested using survey results from 450 business managers and professionals. The survey collects following information: Q1. employee awareness of company's information systems security policy (ISSP) (1. Yes, there is an ISSP policy; 2. No, there is not an explicit policy., 3. I do not know) Q2. employee's peer behavior (colleagues intend to adopt recommended computer security actions) (1. strongly disagree..... 7. strongly agree) 03.cues to action (providing cyber security seminars and courses) (1. strongly disagree, ...., 7. strongly agree) Q4. employee prior information security experience (1. no information at all..., 7. fully informed)