The effect of acquisition decision making on security posture The purpose of this paper is to examine the effectiveness of decision making in IT acquisition and security, and the disparity between the two domains. The paper postulates that improving decision processes during acquisition increases decision makers' security consciousness and security posture.. Analysis suggests a significant positive correlation between the effectiveness of acquisition decision making and organizational security posture and attitudes, further suggesting that small improvements in acquisition decision making may result in substantial improvements in an organization's security posture. 1 Dec 2012 :: Security :: #human factors #aquistion #journal article