Introduction: In recent years, numerous studies have been conducted in the field of business, growth and survival of organizations. However, given the complex conditions and dynamic environment of today's world, there has been little research on organizational security that helps business development. Organizational security refers to a set of measures, policies and processes that are designed to protect the assets, information and human resources of an organization, and it can be said that these factors are among the most important components of maintaining the survival of the organization. The purpose of the present study is to develop a model so that organizations can identify various threats, including theft of organizational secrets and information, loss of human resources, loss of customers, financing and ... that threaten the organization and its sustainability in every aspect, and take preventive measures accordingly.


Methodology: The present study is a qualitative (applied-developmental) research with an exploratory nature that was conducted in the field using semi-structured interviews with 56 experts in 6 different fields who were selected purposefully. The Clark and Brown (2006) content analysis method was used to extract the final pattern. Also, theoretical saturation (no new codes extracted) was considered as the sampling adequacy point.


Results and Discussion: The results showed that 127 initial codes were extracted from the review and analysis of interview data based on the principles of repetition, emphasis, and importance, which were categorized into 37 sub-themes and 6 main themes including physical security, cyber security, operational security, financial security, human resource security, and legal security and compliance.


Conclusion: With the complexity of today's world, it is not enough to create a competitive advantage for organizations. It also provides physical, cyber, operational, financial, human and legal security of the organization. Because negligence in any of these factors will cause the failure of the organization, its information failure characteristics, because it can be countered by hacking the organization's information or stealing the structure and losing skilled human resources. Also, by predicting and correctly financing the organization's projects and activities, as well as following the laws and regulations, the security of the organization can be increased. Finally, the organizational security model will be as follows.


Methodology: The present study is a qualitative study that is considered to be developmental-applied research in terms of purpose and exploratory in terms of approach. Also, this research was conducted in the field. The data required for this research were collected through semi-structured interviews. The participants in this study included 56 experts active in the fields of information technology, computer programming, economics, human resources, business management, and industrial engineering who work and research in their specialized fields. Experts are people who have years of experience in their specialized fields and possess knowledge, expertise, and expert opinions. Some of them have also written relevant articles and lectures or authored works in this field. To select the participants, purposive sampling was used and the number of samples was determined based on the saturation principle. In this study, after 49 interviews, the new data were simply a repetition of the previous codes, thus ensuring that the theory had reached saturation.


Results and Discussion: The results showed that 127 initial codes were extracted from the review and analysis of interview data based on the principles of repetition, emphasis, and importance, which were categorized into 37 sub-themes and 6 main themes including physical security, cyber security, operational security, financial security, human resource security, and legal security and compliance.


Conclusion: The comprehensive organizational security model has been developed with 127 primary concepts, 37 sub-themes, and 6 main themes. With the complexity of today's world, it is not enough to create a competitive advantage for organizations as in the past. They must also ensure the physical, cyber, operational, financial, human resources, and legal security of the organization. Because negligence in any of these factors will lead to the failure of the organization, especially its information failure, because today, the organization can be practically challenged by hacking the organization's information or physically stealing it and losing skilled human resources. Also, by anticipating and taking the right steps to finance the organization's projects and activities, as well as following the approved laws and regulations, the organization's security can be increased. Finally, the organizational security model will be as follows: