BUILDING EFFECTIVE CYBERSECURITY LEADERSHIP: THE CRUCIAL ROLE OF LEADERS IN PROTECTING BUSINESSES AGAINST CYBER THREATS

Authors : Cenk Aksoy

Pages : 33-49

Doi:10.56682/ksydergi.1539408

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Publication Date : 2025-01-31

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Today’s rapid progression in digital transformation brings new and significant security risks for businesses. Cybersecurity attacks disrupt business activities and cause significant costs, reputation damage, and customer losses. While these attacks are progressing at alarming levels, businesses focus only on the technical aspects of cybersecurity, ignoring the human factor, which is the weakest link in cybersecurity. Managers who are not aware that the most critical cybersecurity responsibility is related to managing individuals face significant challenges in the work environment. In overcoming all these difficulties, the most crucial role falls to the leaders. In addition to operational activities related to cybersecurity, leaders need to raise awareness among employees and create an effective strategy. In this context, where cybersecurity management and leadership activities intersect, cybersecurity leadership emerges as a current concept defined as directing cybersecurity activities in the most general sense. The aim of this study is to create the conceptual framework of cybersecurity leadership, examine its features, critical roles in businesses, and the factors that affect the success of such leadership. The methodology of the study focuses on a literature review that examines cybersecurity leadership, its characteristics, and its critical roles in businesses. In the literature review, several knowledge, skills, and abilities that cybersecurity leadership should have were explained, and it was concluded that strong leadership depends on an effective communication and training strategy that will increase cybersecurity awareness of employees by focusing on the human aspects as well as the technical aspects of cybersecurity.
Keywords : Dijital Dönüşüm, Siber Güvenlik, Siber Güvenlik Liderliği