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Miranda Kajtazi. Foto

Miranda Kajtazi

Associate professor

Miranda Kajtazi. Foto

Human Factors for Cybersecurity Awareness in a Remote Work Environment

Author

  • César Vásquez Flores
  • Jose Gonzalez
  • Miranda Kajtazi
  • Joseph Bugeja
  • Bahtijar Vogel

Editor

  • Paolo Mori
  • Gabriele Lenzini
  • Steven Furnell

Summary, in English

The conveniences of remote work are various, but a surge in cyberthreats has heavily affected the optimal processes of organizations. As a result, employees' cybersecurity awareness was jeopardized, prompting organizations to require improvement of cybersecurity processes at all levels. This paper explores which cybersecurity aspects are more relevant and/or relatable for remote working employees. A qualitative approach via interviews is used to collect experiences and perspectives from employees in different organizations. The results show that human factors, such as trust in cybersecurity infrastructure, previous practices, training, security fatigue, and improvements with gamification, are core to supporting the success of a cybersecurity program in a remote work environment.

Department/s

  • Department of Informatics

Publishing year

2023

Language

English

Pages

608-616

Publication/Series

International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy

Document type

Conference paper

Publisher

Science and Technology Publications, Lda

Topic

  • Information Systems

Keywords

  • Awareness
  • Cybersecurity
  • Employees
  • Human Factors
  • Remote Work Environment
  • Trust

Conference name

9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy, ICISSP 2023

Conference date

2023-02-22 - 2023-02-24

Conference place

Lisbon, Portugal

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 2184-4356
  • ISBN: 9789897586248