Information security management needs more holistic approach: A literature review

•This paper is aimed at synthesizing the existing literature to suggest that why a more holistic approach of information security management is needed in management context.•The paper entertains article on the related context for last ten years.•A rigorous method for literature search is used with predetermined inclusion and exclusion criteria.•At first more than 300 articles were downloaded for further processing and finally 39 articles were deemed to be relevant to the context under study.•The paper suggests that management role should be considered in information security management.