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Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) are considered more vulnerable to cyber-attacks. However, and based on SMEs characteristics, they do not adopt good cybersecurity practices. To address the SMEs security adoption problem, we are…

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Cybersecurity is essential for the protection of companies against cyber threats. Traditionally, cybersecurity experts assess and improve a company's capabilities. However, many small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) consider such…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Alireza Shojaifar , Samuel A. Fricker , Martin Gwerder

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) have become the weak spot of our economy for cyber attacks. These companies are large in number and often do not have the controls in place to prevent successful attacks, respectively are not…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2020-07-17 Alireza Shojaifar , Samuel A. Fricker , Martin Gwerder

Cybersecurity is increasingly a concern for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), and there exist many awareness training programs and tools for them. The literature mainly studies SMEs as a unitary type of company and provides…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-10-12 Alireza Shojaifar , Heini Jarvinen

SMEs constitute a very large part of the economy in every country and they play an important role in economic growth and social development. SMEs are frequent targets of cybersecurity attacks similar to large enterprises. However, unlike…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2020-07-06 Bilge Yigit Ozkan , Marco Spruit

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are pivotal in the global economy, accounting for over 90% of businesses and 60% of employment worldwide. Despite their significance, SMEs are often disregarded in cybersecurity initiatives, rendering…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-11-11 Carlos Rombaldo Junior , Ingolf Becker , Shane Johnson

Key decision-makers in small and medium businesses (SMBs) often lack the awareness and knowledge to implement cybersecurity measures effectively. To gain a deeper understanding of how SMB executives navigate cybersecurity decision-making,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-06-13 Yuanhaur Chang , Oren Heller , Yaniv Shlomo , Iddo Bar-Noy , Ella Bokobza , Michal Grinstein-Weiss , Ning Zhang

Purpose: An essential component of an organisation's cybersecurity strategy is building awareness and education of online threats, and how to protect corporate data and services. This research article focuses on this topic and proposes a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-08-23 Maria Bada , Jason R. C. Nurse

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) are increasingly vulnerable to cyber threats due to limited resources and cybersecurity expertise, in addition to an increasingly hostile cyber threat environment at national and international levels.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Miriam Curtin , Brian Sheehan , Melanie Gruben , Nikoletta Kozma , Gillian O'Carroll , Hazel Murray

Cybersecurity awareness is shaped by a wide range of professional and personal experiences, including information and training at work and the sharing of news and other content at home. In order to explore how people discover cybersecurity…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2026-02-24 William Seymour , Martin J. Kraemer

This study evaluates the adoption of DevSecOps among small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), identifying key challenges, best practices, and future trends. Through a mixed methods approach backed by the Technology Acceptance Model (TAM)…

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Cyberattacks pose a significant business risk to organizations. Although there is ample literature focusing on why people pose a major risk to organizational cybersecurity and how to deal with it, there is surprisingly little we know about…

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Technology has advanced dramatically in the previous several years. There are also cyber assaults. Cyberattacks pose a possible danger to information security and the general public. Since data practice and internet consumption rates…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2023-10-23 Naresh Kshetri , Vasudha , Denisa Hoxha

Cyber assurance, which is the ability to operate under the onslaught of cyber attacks and other unexpected events, is essential for organizations facing inundating security threats on a daily basis. Organizations usually employ multiple…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-07-26 Nan Sun , Chang-Tsun Li , Hin Chan , Md Zahidul Islam , Md Rafiqul Islam , Warren Armstrong

The importance of cybersecurity for Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) has never been greater, especially given the rise of AI-driven threats. Supporting SMEs requires a sustained effort to ensure they have access to resources and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-04-06 Christophe Ponsard , Jean-François Daune , Denis Darquennes , Malik Bouhou , Nicolas Point

The advancement and the proliferation of information systems among enterprises have given rise to understanding cybersecurity. Cybersecurity practices provide a set of techniques and procedures to protect the systems, networks, programs and…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2021-11-12 Ruwan Nagahawatta , Sachithra Lokuge , Matthew Warren , Scott Salzman

Software products are rarely developed from scratch and vulnerabilities in such products might reside in parts that are either open source software or provided by another organization. Hence, the total cybersecurity of a product often…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2019-06-12 Thomas Olsson , Martin Hell , Martin Höst , Ulrik Franke , Markus Borg

Employees are often required to use Enterprise Security Software ("ESS") on corporate and personal devices. ESS products collect users' activity data including users' location, applications used, and websites visited - operating from…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-09-27 Jonah Stegman , Patrick J. Trottier , Caroline Hillier , Hassan Khan , Mohammad Mannan

This study examines the strategic role of cybersecurity based on survey data from 1,083 managers across Europe, the UK, and the United States. The findings indicate growing recognition of cybersecurity as a source of competitive advantage,…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Silvia Tedeschi , Giacomo Marzi , Marco Balzano , Gabriele Costa

Social Media is a cyber-security risk for every business. What do people share on the Internet? Almost everything about oneself is shared: friendship, demographics, family, activities, and work-related information. This could become a…

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