Cybersecurity Threats and Organizational Response: Textual Analysis and Panel Regression
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
12-26-2020
Abstract
This study examines the relationship between cybersecurity threats faced and cybersecurity response planned by organizations. Classifying cybersecurity threats into four types – physical threats, personnel threats, communication and data threats, and operational threats – this study examines organizational responses to such threats. Using textual data on cybersecurity threats and response gathered from the 10-K reports published by 87 organizations, topic modelling was conducted to assess the threats and response. A cross-sectional time-series regression model fitted on the topic weights showed that cybersecurity response was influenced by cybersecurity threats, beyond the time-invariant control and period variables. Specifically, physical threats and operational threats influenced the technical response; physical threats, communication and data threats, and operational threats influenced the non-technical response; and personnel threats influenced the overall response. Implications for research and practice are discussed.
Repository Citation
Jeyaraj, A.,
Zadeh, A. H.,
& Sethi, V.
(2020). Cybersecurity Threats and Organizational Response: Textual Analysis and Panel Regression. Journal of Business Analytics, 4 (1), 26-39.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/infosys_scm/90
DOI
10.1080/2573234X.2020.1863750
