Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2023

Journal Title

Issues in Information Systems

Volume Number

24

Issue Number

4

First Page

51

Last Page

65

DOI

https://doi.org/10.48009/4_iis_2023_105

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Publisher PDF: the final published version of the article, with professional formatting and typesetting

Disciplines

Business

Abstract

All organizations are susceptible to the risks of cyberattacks. Protecting an organization's data and technology is crucial as such systems are frequent targets of attacks from those seeking to gain personal benefit or destroy the organization. Specifically, these external actors either hold an organization’s data for ransom or they disrupt the organization’s system by either shutting it down or changing the way the system runs. Literature has indicated that organizations can address and minimize threats and attacks is to develop a cybersecurity culture through implementation of intentional factors designed specifically to build such a culture. This paper examines the results of 276 cybersecurity leaders who participated in a survey to determine the number of cultural intentional factors implemented by the organization and number of cyberattacks experience during 2022. The results suggest that organizations can minimize cyberattacks by employing specific factors such as top management engagement, champions, communication, knowledge, security awareness, security training, motivation, and trust.

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