My search topic is the cybersecurity challenges presented by a remote workforce and the search terms all relate to “work from home” and “cybersecurity” in some manner. Some of the related terms that keep popping up are “coronavirus” and “covid” because that was the main impetus for a dramitic increase in remote work as well as “social engineering” because that is one of the main attack vectors for remote employees.
Here are my most recent searches on these secondary or related keywords:
Database: Business Source Premier
Search: “social engineering”
Results: 160
Source(s) found:
Klimburg-Witjes, N., & Wentland, A. (2021). Hacking Humans? Social Engineering and the Construction of the “Deficient User” in Cybersecurity Discourses. Science, Technology, & Human Values, 46(6), 1316-1339.
Kikerpill K, Siibak A. Mazephishing: The Covid-19 Pandemic as Credible Social Context for Social Engineering Attacks. TRAMES: A Journal of the Humanities & Social Sciences. 2021;25(4):371-393. doi:10.3176/tr.2021.4.01
Database: Business Source Premier
Search: “remote work hacker”
Results: 204
Source(s) found:
Murison, A. (2021). CYBERCRIME: A GROWING BUSINESS DURING COVID-19: While the world was in lockdown, cybercriminals were hard at work, finding more efficient ways to extract money from hacking into computer systems — and Asia Pacific is firmly in their sights. Journal of the Australian & New Zealand Institute of Insurance & Finance, 44(3), 36–40.
Database: Business Source Premier
Search: “covid cybercrime”
Results: 9
Source(s) found:
Hawdon, J., Parti, K., & Dearden, T. E. (2020). Cybercrime in America amid COVID-19: the Initial Results from a Natural Experiment. American Journal of Criminal Justice, 45(4), 546–562. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.1007/s12103-020-09534-4
GRYSZCZYŃSKA, A. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cybercrime. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 69(4), 1–9. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.24425/bpasts.2021.137933
All of the above sources were helpful because they shed light on what changes have occured in the realm of cybercrime as a direct result of covid, with the focus being on the fact that people are not at a corporate workplace. Since the landscape has been altered, the vulnerabilities are now different. This has a high relevance to work-from-home employees.
At this time I think I’ve reached saturation because I’ve probably exhausted most of the pertinent sources of unique information regarding my topic. However, as each day passes I’m sure more research and more articles are being produced on this topic. Therefore if I was to resume this research in a month or a year I would probably discover more material.
Since I’ve started my research, a few sources stand out to me. These are the following:
HP Wolf Security. (2021, September 9). Rebellions & Rejections Report. HP Wolf Security. Retrieved from https://threatresearch.ext.hp.com/hp-wolf-security-rebellions-and-rejections-report/.
Martini, P. (2021, March 19). One Year Later: Overcoming the Cybersecurity Challenges of a Remote Workforce. EWeek. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.eweek.com/news/one-year-later-overcoming-the-cybersecurity-challenges-of-a-remote-workforce/
Conger, S. (2020, October 13). The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Information Systems Management. Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved October 28, 2021, from https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/10580530.2020.1820636
GRYSZCZYŃSKA, A. (2021). The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cybercrime. Bulletin of the Polish Academy of Sciences: Technical Sciences, 69(4), 1–9. https://doi-org.ezproxy.fhsu.edu/10.24425/bpasts.2021.137933
I look forward to completing my research project and believe I have some very helpful sources for my research.