TY - JOUR
T1 - Balancing Fear and Confidence
T2 - A Strategic Approach to Mitigating Human Risk in Cybersecurity
AU - Galletta, Dennis F.
AU - Moody, Gregory D.
AU - Lowry, Paul Benjamin
AU - Willison, Robert
AU - Boss, Scott
AU - Chen, Yan
AU - Luo, Xin
AU - Pienta, Daniel
AU - Polak, Peter
AU - Schuetz, Sebastian
AU - Thatcher, Jason Bennett
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 University of Minnesota
PY - 2025/3
Y1 - 2025/3
N2 - Despite technological advances aimed at preventing them, cybersecurity breaches have grown more numerous and costly over time. Current training programs and policies, for their part, have been largely ineffective in reducing cyberthreats, as human actions continue to be the weakest link. This article urges organizations to make greater efforts to warn employees about cybersecurity dangers and help employees improve their confidence in their ability to defend against such dangers.
AB - Despite technological advances aimed at preventing them, cybersecurity breaches have grown more numerous and costly over time. Current training programs and policies, for their part, have been largely ineffective in reducing cyberthreats, as human actions continue to be the weakest link. This article urges organizations to make greater efforts to warn employees about cybersecurity dangers and help employees improve their confidence in their ability to defend against such dangers.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105013600871
U2 - 10.17705/2msqe.00108
DO - 10.17705/2msqe.00108
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105013600871
SN - 1540-1960
VL - 24
JO - MIS Quarterly Executive
JF - MIS Quarterly Executive
IS - 1
M1 - 3
ER -