Assess developing countries' cybersecurity capabilities through a social influence strategy

Abstract

To assess cybersecurity capabilities in developing countries, governments need to develop a social influence strategy. The main aim is to explore the social influence in the cyberworld and its ability to improve the cybersecurity capabilities in cyberspace' users. Developing countries are from the most source and target of cybercrime in the world, however, their poor infrastructures make them as an intermediary to attack other countries. This paper presents a framework for developing countries cybersecurity capabilities assessment through a social influence strategy, which become actually an actor in the process of user opinion change, taking into account the variables presented by the Friedkin model from the social influence and opinion change theory. This framework covers several factors that provide advanced capabilities for cybersecurity in developing countries. The finding may help information security professionals to improve their cybersecurity strategy efficiency by including users in the achievement of a secure and safe information system.