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A Study on the Efficacy of Small Business Cybersecurity Controls.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	A Study on the Efficacy of Small Business Cybersecurity Controls./
Author:	McLaurin, Timothy.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2021,
Description:	102 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-02, Section: B.
Contained By:	Dissertations Abstracts International83-02B.
Subject:	Information technology. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=28645982
ISBN:	9798534699272

A Study on the Efficacy of Small Business Cybersecurity Controls.
McLaurin, Timothy.

A Study on the Efficacy of Small Business Cybersecurity Controls. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2021 - 102 p.

Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 83-02, Section: B.

Thesis (D.Sc.)--Marymount University, 2021.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Research has found that small and medium businesses are less prepared for cybersecurity attacks, and less resilient in responding. My study, based on a survey of small and medium business owners or managers, indicates that the resources these businesses need to prevent and bounce back from cyberattacks are available but the decisionmakers may not be aware of them, or may not have implemented the controls properly. The primary question this research seeks to answer is: what are the challenges and the current defensive measures commonly implemented by small businesses? Responses showed commonalities between data breaches that occurred among the surveyed businesses. Since attackers reuse techniques to infiltrate environments and exfiltrate with sensitive information, then similar security controls could potentially be effective in mitigating the attack vectors in many small and medium businesses. The small and medium businesses in this study do not align their security with the threat actors they face. Nor are the controls they have in place designed to mitigate an attacker utilizing modern attacker techniques. The missing controls include those of technical and non-technical natures. However, respondents have an appetite for improving their security with a focus on which controls are most impactful in preventing a breach. The prevailing belief was that small and medium businesses lacked the resources to protect their data assets. The findings indicate decision-makers want the right resources but need the knowledge to implement them. Respondents' answers and comments are mapped back to best practice frameworks in cybersecurity. Recommendations are made that will help decision-makers understand the appropriateness and efficacy of available cybersecurity controls.

ISBN: 9798534699272Subjects--Topical Terms:

532993
Information technology.
Subjects--Index Terms:

Cybersecurity

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