Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company

Stefan Prins; Annlizé Marnewick; Suné von Solms

doi:10.34190/EWS.20.010

Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company

Stefan Prins, Annlizé Marnewick, Suné von Solms

University of Johannesburg

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Abstract

This paper investigates the cybersecurity awareness levels of employees at an industrial control systems organization and measures their knowledge on the potential impact of cyber-related attacks on their systems through a case study. Attacks on industrial control systems as well as the information technology infrastructure which it relies on, are becoming a growing problem for governments and organizations. Cybersecurity policies of organizations are critical to ensure that industrial control systems environments are adequately protected. It is equally important for the organizations to ensure that their employees are aware of the cybersecurity policies and why they must be implemented. In many cases, however, organizations are faced with employees who are not aware of the potential cyber-related security threats posed to their industrial control systems, nor the impact these attacks might have. Results show that although employees understand the severity of cyber vulnerabilities their awareness is low.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020
Editors	Thaddeus Eze, Lee Speakman, Cyril Onwubiko
Publisher	Curran Associates Inc.
Pages	314-323
Number of pages	10
ISBN (Electronic)	9781912764617
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.34190/EWS.20.010
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020 - Virtual, Online Duration: 25 Jun 2020 → 26 Jun 2020

Publication series

Name	European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS
Volume	2020-June
ISSN (Print)	2048-8602
ISSN (Electronic)	2048-8610

Conference

Conference	19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020
City	Virtual, Online
Period	25/06/20 → 26/06/20

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure

Keywords

Awareness
Cybersecurity
Industrial control systems
Vulnerabilities

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Information Systems and Management
Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality

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Prins, S., Marnewick, A., & von Solms, S. (2020). Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company. In T. Eze, L. Speakman, & C. Onwubiko (Eds.), Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020 (pp. 314-323). (European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS; Vol. 2020-June). Curran Associates Inc.. https://doi.org/10.34190/EWS.20.010

Prins, Stefan ; Marnewick, Annlizé ; von Solms, Suné. / Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company. Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020. editor / Thaddeus Eze ; Lee Speakman ; Cyril Onwubiko. Curran Associates Inc., 2020. pp. 314-323 (European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS).

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Prins, S, Marnewick, A & von Solms, S 2020, Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company. in T Eze, L Speakman & C Onwubiko (eds), Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020. European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS, vol. 2020-June, Curran Associates Inc., pp. 314-323, 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020, Virtual, Online, 25/06/20. https://doi.org/10.34190/EWS.20.010

Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company. / Prins, Stefan; Marnewick, Annlizé ; von Solms, Suné.
Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security, ECCWS 2020. ed. / Thaddeus Eze; Lee Speakman; Cyril Onwubiko. Curran Associates Inc., 2020. p. 314-323 (European Conference on Information Warfare and Security, ECCWS; Vol. 2020-June).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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Cybersecurity awareness in an industrial control systems company

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