RT Article
T1 The Dynamics of Business, Cybersecurity and Cyber-Victimization: Foregrounding the Internal Guardian in Prevention
JF Victims & offenders
VO 16
IS 3
SP 286
OP 315
A1 Buil-Gil, David
A2 Lord, Nicholas
A2 Barrett, Emma
LA English
YR 2021
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1748567926
AB Private organizations suffer great losses due to cybersecurity incidents, and they invest increasing resources to prevent attacks, but little is known about the effectiveness of cybersecurity measures for prevention. Based on the framework of Routine Activity Theory, this paper analyzes the impact of companies’ online activities and cybersecurity measures on victimization. Our analysis of the UK Cybersecurity Breaches Survey shows that the most promising ways to minimize cyber-attacks and their impacts is to invest in in-house cybersecurity human resources and enhance the employees’ online self-protection by providing cybersecurity training, rather than just basic software protection and guidance about strong passwords.
K1 Cybersecurity
K1 Cyber fraud
K1 Self-protection
K1 Victimization Survey
K1 Cybercrime
K1 Data breaches
DO 10.1080/15564886.2020.1814468