Under the corporate radar: examining insider business cybercrime victimization through an application of routine activities theory

Williams, Matthew L. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2566-6063, Levi, Michael ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2131-2882, Burnap, Pete ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0396-633X and Gundur, R. V. 2019. Under the corporate radar: examining insider business cybercrime victimization through an application of routine activities theory. Deviant Behavior 40 (9) , pp. 1119-1131. 10.1080/01639625.2018.1461786

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Abstract

Cybercrime is recognized as one of the top threats to UK economic security. On a daily basis, the computer networks of businesses suffer security breaches. A less explored dimension of this problem is cybercrimes committed by insiders. This paper provides a criminological analysis of corporate insider victimization. It begins by presenting reviews of insider criminal threats and routine activities theory as applied to cybercrime. Analysis of the nationally representative Cardiff University UK Business Cybercrime Survey then informs statistical models that predict the likelihood of businesses suffering insider cyber victimization, using routine activities and guardianship measures as predictors.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Computer Science & Informatics Social Sciences (Includes Criminology and Education)
Additional Information:	This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
ISSN:	0163-9625
Funders:	Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	18 April 2018
Date of Acceptance:	24 March 2018
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2023 10:32
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/110786

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