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The human factor in cyber security

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  • Sotira, Nicola

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This paper explores the relationship between the need for industries to accelerate the digital transformation process and the need to fill the cultural gap that separates knowledge of digital technology from appropriate cyber postures. The human factor in cyber security represents actions and events where human error results in successful hacks or data breach. Every year companies are implementing new security measures, adopting the latest technologies while forgetting that most breaches can be traced back to human error. Failing on that task may compromise all the defence-in-depth technologies in which organisations are investing. So how should we address this issue and what should organisations do? To this end, the paper discusses implementation of technical and administrative procedures.

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  • Sotira, Nicola, 2018. "The human factor in cyber security," Cyber Security: A Peer-Reviewed Journal, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 1(4), pages 326-330, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:csj000:y:2018:v:1:i:4:p:326-330
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    Keywords

    human factor; cyber psychology; GDPR; digital transformation; PSD2; security;
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    • M15 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - IT Management

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