Hypothesis: Educating employees about cyber-attacks and training employees to help prevent cyber-attacks.
Proposal Outline
Introduction
- ALLARD, E. (2016). Cybersecurity forum spells out business risk. New Hampshire Business Review, 38(12), 14.
Explaining the Employee Role
- Shepherd, M. M., & Mejias, R. J. (2016). Nontechnical Deterrence Effects of Mild and Severe Internet Use Policy Reminders in Reducing Employee Internet Abuse. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 32(7), 557–567. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2016.1183862
Address Employee Behavior
- GROSSE, E., SCHNEIDER, F. B., & MILLETT, L. L. (2021). Implementing Insider Defenses: How to avoid insider cyber-attacks by creating a corporate culture that infuses trust. Communications of the ACM, 64(5), 60–65. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1145/3418296
- Shepherd, M. M., & Mejias, R. J. (2016). Nontechnical Deterrence Effects of Mild and Severe Internet Use Policy Reminders in Reducing Employee Internet Abuse. International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction, 32(7), 557–567. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1080/10447318.2016.1183862
Training Employees
- Taylor, M. (2020). Sizing Up the Cybersecurity Threat and Building the Right Strategy: Small- to medium-sized businesses are easy targets for cybercrimes. Here is some advice about how to protect your business. Moldmaking Technology Magazine, 23(3), 34–36
- Preimesberger, C. (2018). Key Trends That Fuel Phishing Inside an Enterprise. EWeek, 1–3. https://web-p-ebscohost-com.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=48&sid=d96fdbef-e403-42b2-8d42-2a2f22e1fd6e%40redis&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#AN=131710099&db=aph
Method:
- Discuss cyber-security and cyber-attacks with employees.
- Explain the employee’s role in both security and attacks.
- Address employee behavior that could both prevent and invite attacks.
- Give employees examples on helping prevent cyber-attacks.
Discussion:
- After discussion and training, what risks have employees noticed?
- Has employee behavior changed?