Cybersecurity Policy Compliance in Higher Education: A Theoretical Framework
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Article Title | Cybersecurity Policy Compliance in Higher Education: A |
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ERA Journal ID | 20487 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Yusif, Salifu (Author) and Hafeez-Baig, Abdul (Author) |
Journal Title | Journal of Applied Security Research |
Journal Citation | 18 (2), pp. 267-288 |
Number of Pages | 22 |
Year | 2023 |
Publisher | Taylor & Francis |
Place of Publication | United States |
ISSN | 1936-1610 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/19361610.2021.1989271 |
Web Address (URL) | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/19361610.2021.1989271 |
Abstract | Higher education institutions (HEIs) are open in their nature, decentralized, rich in population and private data, home to some ground-breaking research and innovations. As such, HEIs attract quite a substantial threat and cyberattacks due to their heavy reliance on the Internet. However, there is poor cybersecurity culture and low awareness that are motivated by generational differences that are characterised by “digital natives” and “digital residents” and gaps in technology savviness impacting cybersecurity compliance in a specific higher education environment. Whilst technologies to prevent and response to cyberattacks have been inevitable, their effectiveness lie extensively rather on heterogeneous human factors in enforcing their principles in the context of compliance. Thus, the objective of this study was to develop a theoretical framework for effective cybersecurity compliance strategy in HEIs. To do this, we would focus on critical factors such as cybersecurity and organizational cultures into compliance theory and protected motivated theory (PMT) respectively to help in understanding how cybersecurity compliance can be achieved in HEIs. |
Keywords | compliance theory; Cybersecurity; cybersecurity culture; higher education institution; organizational culture; protected motivated theory |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 400602. Data communications |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | School of Management and Enterprise |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q64w8/cybersecurity-policy-compliance-in-higher-education-a-theoretical-framework
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