Motivating cybersecurity advocates: Implications for recruitment and retention

JM Haney, WG Lutters - Proceedings of the 2019 on Computers and …, 2019 - dl.acm.org
Proceedings of the 2019 on Computers and People Research Conference, 2019dl.acm.org
Given modern society's dependence on technological infrastructure vulnerable to cyber-
attacks, the need to expedite cybersecurity adoption is paramount. Cybersecurity advocates
are a subset of security professionals who promote, educate about, and motivate adoption of
security best practices and technologies as a major component of their jobs. Successfully
recruiting and retaining advocates is of utmost importance. Accomplishing this requires an
understanding of advocates' motivations and incentives and how these may differ from other …
Given modern society's dependence on technological infrastructure vulnerable to cyber-attacks, the need to expedite cybersecurity adoption is paramount. Cybersecurity advocates are a subset of security professionals who promote, educate about, and motivate adoption of security best practices and technologies as a major component of their jobs. Successfully recruiting and retaining advocates is of utmost importance. Accomplishing this requires an understanding of advocates' motivations and incentives and how these may differ from other cybersecurity professionals. As the first study of its kind, we interviewed 28 cybersecurity advocates to learn about their work motivations. Findings revealed several drivers for cybersecurity advocacy work, most of which were intrinsic motivators. Motivations included interest in the field, sense of duty, self-efficacy, evidence of impact, comradery, and, to a lesser degree, awards and monetary compensation. We leverage these insights for recommendations on how to frame cybersecurity advocacy as a profession that fuels these motivations and how to maintain this across advocates' careers.
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