Cybersecurity capability maturity models review and application domain

  • Authors

    • Adamu Abdullahi Garba Universiti Teknologi Malaysai
    • Aliyu Musa Bade Universiti Teknologi Malaysai
    • Muktar Yahuza Universiti Teknologi Malaysai
    • Ya’u Nuhu
    2020-09-02
    https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v9i3.30719
  • Cybersecurity Model, Maturity Model, Information Security, Cybersecurity.

  • Abstract

    Cybersecurity is a way of protecting organization critical assets, through the identification of cyber threats that can compromise the information stored, it involves the protection, identification, and responding to threats. The main aim of this article is to conduct an ample review of the published cybersecurity capability maturity models using a systematic review of published articles from 2014 to 2019. Features of Hal- vorsen and Conradi’s taxonomy were adopted to explain the models identified. The results indicated adopting a model to a certain organization is not feasible. However, modification is required before implementation, as the cost of implementation is not available when conducting this research.

     

     

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    Abdullahi Garba, A., Musa Bade, A., Yahuza, M., & Nuhu, Y. (2020). Cybersecurity capability maturity models review and application domain. International Journal of Engineering & Technology, 9(3), 779-784. https://doi.org/10.14419/ijet.v9i3.30719

    Received date: 2020-05-11

    Accepted date: 2020-07-05

    Published date: 2020-09-02