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A Team-Level Perspective of Human Factors in Cyber Security: Security Operations Centers

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The paper aims to establish a research framework: encompass various fields of interest that have not been linked previously: the information security, the computer supported collaborative work (CSCW), and team cognition in high-risk situations. Where they meet in practice are the Security Operations Centers (SOCs). These security organization units rely on teamwork of experts and they collaborate under high time pressure. They must react as fast as possible to protect the enterprise assets and data. To understand and support their work the research should focus on them as a team. We are highlighting perspectives to understand the teamwork in SOCs.

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The research is sponsored by the Government of Hungary under Grant No. KÖFOP-2.1.2.-VEKOP-15-2016-00001.

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Hámornik, B.P., Krasznay, C. (2018). A Team-Level Perspective of Human Factors in Cyber Security: Security Operations Centers. In: Nicholson, D. (eds) Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity. AHFE 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 593. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-60585-2_21

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