Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop
exercises

J 2024

Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises

MAREŠ, Miroslav; Roman CHYTILEK; Zuzana ŠPAČKOVÁ; Jakub DRMOLA; Lenka HRBKOVÁ et al.

Základní údaje

Originální název

Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises

Autoři

MAREŠ, Miroslav ; Roman CHYTILEK ; Zuzana ŠPAČKOVÁ; Jakub DRMOLA ; Lenka HRBKOVÁ ; Petra MLEJNKOVÁ a Michal TÓTH

Vydání

Security Journal, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 0955-1662

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50601 Political science

Stát vydavatele

Velká Británie a Severní Irsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

URL

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 1.200

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00135149

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

Tabletop exercise; Cybersecurity; Performance; Assessment; Workload

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 30. 9. 2024 15:43, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This research aims to test several tools for assessing workload and performance during a tabletop cybersecurity exercise. We have administered two such exercises in order to collect and analyse data regarding the participants’ behavioural characteristics, their knowledge of cybersecurity, and four sets of questions assessing how they performed their tasks and how they handled the workload. Furthermore, we have also looked for statistical associations with independent expert evaluation of their performance, their mutual assessments of their team colleagues, their professional background and the potential influence of repeated assessment delayed by 2 weeks. We have found that performance was most strongly correlated with a lack of perceived stress caused by the workload, knowledge of cybersecurity, good communication and, unexpectedly, a low openness score. The repeated delayed assessment yielded only data consistent with a regression towards the mean. A comparison between technical and non-technical professionals showed little difference in their self-assessment but showed differences in how they were perceived and assessed by their teammates. Given the importance of this topic, we suggest this area needs further research.

Návaznosti

MUNI/A/1279/2022, interní kód MU

Název: Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu IX.

Investor: Masarykova univerzita, Aktuální problémy politologického výzkumu IX.

Přiložené soubory

Assessment_of_performance_during_cybersecurity_tabletop_exercises.pdf

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Citovat

MAREŠ, Miroslav; Roman CHYTILEK; Zuzana ŠPAČKOVÁ; Jakub DRMOLA; Lenka HRBKOVÁ; Petra MLEJNKOVÁ a Michal TÓTH. Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises. Security Journal. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, roč. 37, č. 3, s. 712-735. ISSN 0955-1662. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-023-00391-4.

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MAREŠ, Miroslav; Roman CHYTILEK; Zuzana ŠPAČKOVÁ; Jakub DRMOLA; Lenka HRBKOVÁ; Petra MLEJNKOVÁ a Michal TÓTH. Assessment of performance during cybersecurity tabletop exercises. \textit{Security Journal}. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, roč.~37, č.~3, s.~712-735. ISSN~0955-1662. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1057/s41284-023-00391-4.

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