"It's Not Something We Have Talked to Our Team About": Results From a Preliminary Investigation of Cybersecurity Challenges in Denmark
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Although Denmark is reportedly one of the most digitised countries in Europe, IT security in Danish companies has not followed along. To shed light into the challenges that companies experience with implementing IT security, we conducted a preliminary study running semi-structured interviews with four employees from four different companies, asking about their IT security and what they need to reduce risks of cyber threats. Our results show that companies are lacking fundamental security protection and are in need of guidance and tools to help them implementing basic security practices, while raising awareness of cyber threats. Based on our findings and with the inspiration of the latest reports and international security standards, we discuss steps towards further investigation towards developing a framework targeting SMEs that want to adopt straightforward and actionable IT security guidance.
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