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Predictors Of Email Response: Determinants Of The Intention Of Not Following Security Recommendations, Miguel Angel Toro-Jarrin Aug 2022

Predictors Of Email Response: Determinants Of The Intention Of Not Following Security Recommendations, Miguel Angel Toro-Jarrin

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering Theses & Dissertations

Organizations and government leaders are concerned about cyber incidents. For some time, researchers have studied what motivates people to act in ways that put the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information in organizations at risk. Still, several areas remained unexplored, including the role of employees’ evaluation of the organizational systems and the role of value orientation at work as precursors of secure and insecure actions in relation to information technologies (information security [IS] action). The objective of this research project was to examine how the evaluations of formal and informal security norms are associated with the intention to follow them …


Strategies For Cybercrime Prevention In Information Technology Businesses, Sophfronia G. Tucker Jan 2022

Strategies For Cybercrime Prevention In Information Technology Businesses, Sophfronia G. Tucker

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Cybercrime continues to be a devastating phenomenon, impacting individuals and businesses across the globe. Information technology (IT) businesses need solutions to defend and secure their data and networks from cyberattacks. Grounded in general systems theory and transformational leadership theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies IT business leaders use to protect their systems from a cyberattack. The participants included six IT business leaders with experience in cybersecurity or system security in the Midlands region of South Carolina. Data were collected using semistructured interviews and reviews of government standards documents; data were analyzed using thematic …


Strategies Business Leaders Use To Mitigate Online Credit Card Fraud, Clarissa Rosario-Tavarez Jan 2022

Strategies Business Leaders Use To Mitigate Online Credit Card Fraud, Clarissa Rosario-Tavarez

Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies

Online credit card fraud targeting banks, customers, and businesses costs millions of U.S. dollars annually. Online business leaders face challenges securing and regulating the online payment processing environment. Grounded in the situational crime prevention theory, the purpose of this qualitative multiple case study was to explore strategies online business leaders use to mitigate the loss of revenue caused by online credit card fraud. The participants comprised five online business leaders of an organization in the Southwest of the United States, who implemented strategies that successfully mitigated revenue losses due to online credit card fraud. The data were collected from semistructured …