Human Factors for Cybersecurity Awareness in a Remote Work Environment

César Flores, Jose Gonzalez, Miranda Kajtazi, Joseph Bugeja, Bahtijar Vogel

2023

Abstract

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.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Flores C., Gonzalez J., Kajtazi M., Bugeja J. and Vogel B. (2023). Human Factors for Cybersecurity Awareness in a Remote Work Environment. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-624-8, SciTePress, pages 608-616. DOI: 10.5220/0011746000003405

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp23,
author={César Flores and Jose Gonzalez and Miranda Kajtazi and Joseph Bugeja and Bahtijar Vogel},
title={Human Factors for Cybersecurity Awareness in a Remote Work Environment},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2023},
pages={608-616},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0011746000003405},
isbn={978-989-758-624-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Human Factors for Cybersecurity Awareness in a Remote Work Environment
SN - 978-989-758-624-8
AU - Flores C.
AU - Gonzalez J.
AU - Kajtazi M.
AU - Bugeja J.
AU - Vogel B.
PY - 2023
SP - 608
EP - 616
DO - 10.5220/0011746000003405
PB - SciTePress