Decision-Makers’ Understanding of Cyber-Security’s Systemic and Dynamic Complexity: Insights from a Board Game for Bank Managers

Autor: Sander Zeijlemaker, Etiënne A. J. A. Rouwette, Giovanni Cunico, Stefano Armenia, Michael von Kutzschenbach
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Systems, Vol 10, Iss 2, p 49 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2079-8954
DOI: 10.3390/systems10020049
Popis: Cyber-security incidents show how difficult it is to make optimal strategic decisions in such a complex environment. Given that it is hard for researchers to observe organisations’ decision-making processes driving cyber-security strategy, we developed a board game that mimics this real-life environment and shows the challenges of decision-making. We observed cyber-security experts participating in the game. The results showed that decision-makers who performed poorly tended to employ heuristics, leading to fallacious decision approaches (overreaction strategies in place of proactive ones), and were not always aware of their poor performances. We advocate the need for decision support tools that capture this complex dynamic nature.
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