iarjtbmIARJTBMIARJTBM2789-6021https://doi.org/10.47310/iarjtbm.2022.v02i01.002Organizational Creativity: The Information Security ParadigmNwinyokpugiBrownMillerIbisoDepartment of Office and Information Management, Rivers State University, NigeriaInformation as a veritable tool is central and pivotal to the decision making processes of the telecommunication industry as well as every other sector, since virtually all captains of industries rely heavily on information for decision making, it becomes a concern when organizational information is not protected against malicious attacks by adopting necessary information security measures needed to mitigate unauthorized access to such information. This study therefore is intended to examine the influence of information security management on organizational creativity. The study employed the resource based theory as the baseline theory underlying the study. The cross sectional survey design was used the targeted population comprised principal officers of Telecommunication firms in Rivers State.  173 principal officers were chosen through a census based on the focus of the study. Data was analyzed and results presented in tables, mean and standard deviation. The hypotheses were tested using the Spearman Rank Order of Correlation Coefficient. The findings revealed that there is a positive and significant effect of information security management on organizational creativity of the telecommunication industry in Rivers State.  Using the Pearson Product Moment Correlation tool at 95% confidence interval. The study concludes that information security management through authentication, integrity, availability and management of risk significantly influences organizational creativity by way of innovativeness and increased adaptability. It was therefore recommended that the telecommunication industry should imbibe identity authentication to boost her information security measures, they should also advocate for the availability of information in the right format to the right users at the right time. Also, the leadership of the telecommunication industry should be more proactive by putting in place risk assessment units in order to curb information security threats, so as to drive organizational sustainability and creativity.