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Strategies For The Reduction Of Cybersecurity Breaches In Hospitals, Donovan M. A. Pottinger
Strategies For The Reduction Of Cybersecurity Breaches In Hospitals, Donovan M. A. Pottinger
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
AbstractRecent cyberattacks in hospitals show the urgency of the need to enhance secure information technology (IT) infrastructure. Hospitals are statistically more at cyber risk than all the multiple industries against ransomware, malware, hacking and internal threats. Guided by routine activity theory, the purpose of this exploratory multiple case study was to explore strategies utilized by hospitals' IT security managers to reduce cybersecurity breaches associated with sensitive data. The participants were nine IT security managers from hospitals in the eastern United States. Data were collected via semistructured interviews and supporting documentation from the consenting participants and hospitals' websites. Through thematic analysis, …
Strategies For Adoption Of Innovative Information Technology For Business Performance Improvement, James Melvin Smith
Strategies For Adoption Of Innovative Information Technology For Business Performance Improvement, James Melvin Smith
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
Business leaders do not often consider investing in informational technology (IT) to increase performance. These business leaders lack knowledge of innovative IT adoption strategies to expand their revenue and reduce costs to sustain a competitive advantage. Grounded in the technology-organization-environment (TOE) theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore IT innovation adoption strategies business leaders use to increase performance. The participants were four successful business leaders selected from finalists for international entrepreneurial awards presented annually in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States. The data were collected using semistructured telephone interviews, media releases, and online publications. …