Development an Innovative Model of Cyber Defense With an Integrated Approach to Data Access in Data-Driven Organizations

Background & Due to the ever-increasing growth of technologies, the use of big data, which is the result of the integrated approach to data access, is an undeniable necessity. The use of a cyber defense model in the mentioned field, which is the goal of the present research, can improve the identification, reduce risks and prevent cyber attacks and threats on the organization's data infrastructures and repositories. This research is applied research in terms of purpose and descriptive-exploratory in terms of research method. In the first phase of the research, in order to identify the elements of the model, 15 cyber defense experts and experts working in data-oriented organizations were selected by purposive sampling and participated in the Delphi panel. In the second phase, in order to validate the model, 288 employees of data-oriented organizations were selected by simple random sampling method. The data collection tool is a questionnaire and the Delphi method and structural equation modeling were used to analyze the data. The findings of the research indicated the identification of 5 dimensions with 21 components and 70 indicators for the innovative model of cyber defense with the approach of data access integration in data-oriented organizations. The dimensions of the model included identification, protection, discovery, response and recovery, which had the greatest explanatory power among these dimensions of response and protection. According to the study and the competitive environment in the present era, it is necessary for data-driven organizations to use the model presented in this study to implement the necessary planning for the implementation of cyber defense in the field of data access integration in their organizations.