Leadership in Cybersecurity
The number of cyber-attacks has increased over the last years, and the risk of becoming
a victim is highly topical for companies of all sizes. Digitalisation continues to advance,
and the technologies on both the attacker and the defence side are improving. However,
cybersecurity is not only a technological issue but much more one where humans are at
the centre. Most successful attacks are due to human error, and therefore this is where we
need to start. Solid and capable leaders are required in cybersecurity to make individuals
more aware of cybersecurity and mitigate the risks of human errors.
Established frameworks specify how cybersecurity can be managed and cover the areas
of training and awareness. Other frameworks recognise individual cybersecurity work
roles and their tasks. However, no framework indicates how a leader should lead in a
specific phase of the cybersecurity lifecycle to support cybersecurity management optimally.
For this purpose, the Cybersecurity Leadership Framework (CSLF) was designed in this
research. It focuses on leadership and has a rather managerial than technical perspective.
As a first step, the state of the art in cybersecurity and leadership was researched according
to the design science research approach. In the second step, elements from existing
frameworks were arranged in the CSLF. In a third step, this was evaluated by ten cybersecurity
practitioners whose feedback was incorporated into the framework.
Santos Rendon Götz, Simona Patricia, 2022
Art der Arbeit Master Thesis
Auftraggebende
Betreuende Dozierende Asprion, Petra
Keywords
Views: 40 - Downloads: 4
Studiengang: Business Information Systems (Master)
Vertraulichkeit: öffentlich