The cybersecurity behavioral research: A tertiary study

doi:10.1016/j.cose.2022.102826

2022-09-01

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DOI：10.1016/j.cose.2022.102826

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Context: Cybersecurity has seen a rise in behavioral investigation during the past decades. This includes studies being carried out at the primary as well as secondary levels. There are a number of reviews on cybersecurity behavioral research that are reported in different publication venues. To get a holistic view of the cybersecurity behavioral research, a synthesis of this literature as a tertiary study is needed. Objective: This paper aims to investigate the demographic, specific and quality trends regarding reviews by synthesizing secondary literature in cybersecurity behavioral research. Method: We use a systematic literature review protocol to carry out tertiary study till February 2022. A total of 107 secondary studies including regular as well as systematic reviews are included in our tertiary study. Results: The results reveal a growing trend in secondary studies. The quality of the secondary stud-ies lacks quality assessment of primary study and adoption of a synthesis method as per Database of Abstract of Reviews of Effect (DARE) quality assessment criteria. Another finding is the nascent area of cybersecurity behavioral research that is still at the theory development stage due to latest endeavors to identify theoretical building blocks and inconsistent findings in empirical results. Gaps exist in the con-ceptualization of constructs as taxonomies need to be constructed for non-organizational settings. The replication of studies is lacking as almost half of the secondary studies lack systematic approach to carry out reviews. The dominant epistemological and ontological beliefs are positivist in nature with paucity of research that employs other paradigms to study the human aspect of cybersecurity. (c) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Keyword:

Cybersecurity

Behavior

Tertiary study

Systematic literature review

Human factor

Survey