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https://doi.org/10.31803/tg-20240627004731

Cybersecurity in Action: Unraveling the Effects of Individual, Social, and Organizational Determinants

Somayye Nasiri ; Department of Computer Engineering Zanjan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Daneshjoo Blvd., Lower Mountain Lands Road, Zanjan, Iran
Shahram Shahabi ; Faculty of Management, North Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Vafadar Blvd., Shahid Sadoughi St., Hakimiyeh Exit, Shahid Babaee Highway, Tehran, Iran
Aynaz Shafiesabet ; Department of Finance, Bauer Collage of Business, University of Houston, 4250 Martin Luther King Blvd Ste 334, Houston, TX 77204, USA
Maral Talebbeidokhti ; Department of Cybersecurity and Networks, Tagliatela College of Engineering, University of New Haven, 300 Boston Post Rd, West Haven, CT 06516, USA *
Elmira Alvandi Behineh ; Department of Business Administration, University of the Cumberlands, 6191 College Station Dr, Williamsburg, KY 40769, USA

* Dopisni autor.

Sažetak

This research aimed to develop and assess a framework for exploring how factors at the organizational, social, and individual levels influence cybersecurity behavior (CB), with a particular focus on the intermediary role played by awareness of cybersecurity. Participants in this investigation included 381 employees from various public sector entities, with data being gathered via a questionnaire. The analysis was conducted through SEM, specifically employing the PLS. Outputs from this study indicate that cybersecurity awareness (CA), security self-efficacy (SSE), the perceived threat severity, and the perceived vulnerability all positively and significantly impact CBs. Additionally, the research found that initiatives focused on security training and awareness, information security culture, social media influence, family and friends influence, and information systems knowledge all significantly contribute to enhancing CA. Similarly, these elements, alongside direct experience in information security, were shown to affec SSE, with the exception of the influence exerted by family and friends, which did not show a significant impact on it. Influences from social media, family and friends, and direct experiences with information security were also found to significantly affect the perceived severity of threats and perceived of vulnerability. Thus, this study concludes that the factors analyzed are strong indicators of behavior related to cybersecurity.

Ključne riječi

cybersecurity awareness; cybersecurity behavior; information security culture; information systems knowledge; security self-efficacy

Hrčak ID:

346370

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/346370

Datum izdavanja:

15.6.2026.

Posjeta: 135 *