Outcome of the literature review on technology as a mediating or moderating variable and the cybersecurity outcomes
| Reference | Focus | Moderating/Mediator variable | Outcome variable | Methodology | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akinbowale et al. (2025a, b) | Causes of cyberfraud perpetration in banks | Emerging technologies serve as the mediator variable | Rate of cyberfraud perpetration | Survey and mediation analysis | Emerging technologies mediate the relationship between causes of cyberfraud and rate of perpetration |
| D'Arcy et al. (2009) | Misuse of information security in organisations | Monitoring technologies | Information security compliance | Survey and structural equation modelling | The deployment of monitoring technologies reinforces compliance and minimises the impacts of information security misuse |
| Ransbotham and Mitra (2013) | Security breaches in firms | Security technologies such intrusion detection system (IDS) | The effectiveness of security breach mitigation | Event study | The use of advanced technologies such as IDS reduces the severity of security breach severity and improves recovery time |
| Kwon and Johnson (2014) | Cybercrime incidents in firms | Information technology (IT) security capabilities | Information asset protection | Survey and regression analysis | IT security capabilities reduces the negative effects of incidents on asset protection |
| Ransbotham and Mitra (2013) | Cyberattacks in organisations | Disclosure | Attack diffusion and penetration of attack | Panel data | Instant disclosure of threats lessens delay in the attack diffusion process and fairly increase attack penetration but fairly decreases the overall volume of attacks |
| Li et al. (2022) | Investigation of the antecedents and mediators of employees' cybersecurity motivational behaviour | Antecedents (information security effort, employee security awareness), cybersecurity | Employees' cybersecurity motivational behaviour | Empirical data from survey and structural equation modelling | The antecedent factors correlate significantly with the cybersecurity threat and coping strategies of the threat actors, while the mediating factors were useful in predicting cybersecurity motivational activities |
| Reference | Focus | Moderating/Mediator variable | Outcome variable | Methodology | Key findings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causes of cyberfraud perpetration in banks | Emerging technologies serve as the mediator variable | Rate of cyberfraud perpetration | Survey and mediation analysis | Emerging technologies mediate the relationship between causes of cyberfraud and rate of perpetration | |
| Misuse of information security in organisations | Monitoring technologies | Information security compliance | Survey and structural equation modelling | The deployment of monitoring technologies reinforces compliance and minimises the impacts of information security misuse | |
| Security breaches in firms | Security technologies such intrusion detection system (IDS) | The effectiveness of security breach mitigation | Event study | The use of advanced technologies such as IDS reduces the severity of security breach severity and improves recovery time | |
| Cybercrime incidents in firms | Information technology (IT) security capabilities | Information asset protection | Survey and regression analysis | IT security capabilities reduces the negative effects of incidents on asset protection | |
| Cyberattacks in organisations | Disclosure | Attack diffusion and penetration of attack | Panel data | Instant disclosure of threats lessens delay in the attack diffusion process and fairly increase attack penetration but fairly decreases the overall volume of attacks | |
| Investigation of the antecedents and mediators of employees' cybersecurity motivational behaviour | Antecedents (information security effort, employee security awareness), cybersecurity | Employees' cybersecurity motivational behaviour | Empirical data from survey and structural equation modelling | The antecedent factors correlate significantly with the cybersecurity threat and coping strategies of the threat actors, while the mediating factors were useful in predicting cybersecurity motivational activities |
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