<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yantsislav Yanakiev</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Dimitrina Polimirova</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The Role of the Human Factor in Cyber Security: Results from an Expert Survey in Bulgaria</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">DIGILIENCE 2019</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">culture</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cybersecurity</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">expert assessment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Organization</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">policy</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2019</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2-4 October</style></date></pub-dates></dates><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sofia, Bulgaria</style></pub-location><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;While technological solutions are being developed to enhance cyber security, there is increasing awareness that besides a technical approach the role of human performance, decision making and organizational culture are critical to increase the effectiveness of responses to evolving cyber threats. Hence, the focus of this paper is on the role of the human factors in cyber security. It presents an analysis of data from a Subject Matter Experts&amp;rsquo; study carried out in Bulgaria in the end of 2018 in the framework of the project &amp;ldquo;Cyber security and opportunities for application of innovative technologies in the state administration of the Republic of Bulgaria.&amp;rdquo; The data was collected via online survey from 92 experts from the state administration, academia and business organizations.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; The paper covers the following topics: 1) The most important issues in cyber security in Bulgaria and the role of the human factors among them; 2) Recruitment, Retention, Education &amp;amp; Training of IT personnel; 3) The human factors as a source of security breaches; and 4) Future research in the area of human factors in cyber security. Based on the analysis of the data, conclusions and recommendations are summarized regarding the ways to change the role of the human factor from the system&amp;rsquo;s &amp;ldquo;weakest link&amp;rdquo; to a powerful resource to detect and mitigate cyber threats.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;This paper is included in the program of &lt;a href=&quot;https://digilience.org&quot;&gt;DIGILIENCE 2019&lt;/a&gt; and will be published in the post-conference volume.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Teodora Georgieva</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Plamen Petkov</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Expert Framework for Measuring the Institutional Capabilities to Counter Hybrid Threats: Empirical Data Analysis</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Information &amp; Security: An International Journal</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">data analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">empirical analysis</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">expert assessment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Hybrid threats</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">institutional capabilities</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">national security functions</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">national security system</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2018</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">39</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">237-254</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;This article presents results of the analysis of the institutional capabilities to counter hybrid threats. The results are based on assessments made by Bulgarian experts and provide a perspective on the development of institutional capabilities to execute national security system&amp;rsquo;s functions. The analysis leads to a conclusion that the country is capable to effectively counteract the potential hybrid threats, provided that the identification of the threats happens at an early stage and the strategy of counteracting is built on a realistic assessment of existing institutional capabilities, possibilities for their flexible use, and offsetting their deficits.&lt;/p&gt;</style></abstract><issue><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></issue></record></records></xml>