Cyber Security Awareness and Risk Management

Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL
Research Proposal
Topic: How ICT Risk Management Issues are heightened with the awareness level of
employees of cyber security hygiene in an organization?
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

RESEARCH PROPOSAL1
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................2
Statement of the Problem.......................................................................................................2
Purpose/Objectives.................................................................................................................3
Hypotheses/Research questions.............................................................................................4
Significance of the study........................................................................................................4
Scope of the Study.................................................................................................................5
Literature Review...................................................................................................................5
Methods and Materials...........................................................................................................5
Financial Arrangements.........................................................................................................6
Duration..................................................................................................................................6
References..................................................................................................................................7

RESEARCH PROPOSAL2
Introduction
The concept of Cyber hygiene comes from a business which is performing their day to
day activities keeping up with the information technology and communication systems. For
any business that handles sensitive data with the help of the IT systems, functioning of the
data sensitivity is a matter of business success or failure. The handling of business with the
help of the functioning of all the activities for collection, processing, storage and
management of data cannot be practiced properly without initialising proper cyber hygiene
[1]. The scenario that the world is currently living in in and the business thriving with IT
infrastructure in them is at constant threat in the ever-changing business landscape. There
have been numerous reports about business failing to keep up with the proposed IT
infrastructure because of the lack of awareness about cyber hygiene resulting into several
issues leading to data breaches.
However, a proper utilisation of Cyber hygiene is extremely important because it
would help a business to prevent unauthorised malicious activities, intelligent Malware and
even advanced viruses from accessing or corrupting the devices used within the organisation.
Without a proper cyber hygiene, there is a possibility that the threat landscape would
increase.
Statement of the Problem
The problem with business organisations nowadays is the constant and Rapid
Changing of the business scenario. The more businesses are becoming technologically sound,
the unauthorised access of hackers is also becoming heightened in number. The technology
that the hackers are using to steal business data are becoming much more improved than it
has been a few years back [2]. However, on the other hand, the people who are currently
utilising IT Infrastructures in business, are often found to be implying the age-old procedures