Title: Assessment of the awareness of Cypriot accounting firms level concerning cyber risk: an exploratory analysis

Authors: Stratos Moschidis; Efstratios Livanis; Athanasios C. Thanopoulos

Addresses: University of Macedonia, Department of Applied Informatics, Greece ' University of Macedonia, Department of Accounting and Finance, Greece ' Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), 46 Pireos St. and Eponiton St. 18510, Pireus, Greece

Abstract: Technology development has made a decisive contribution to the digitisation of businesses, which makes it easier for them to work more efficiently. However, in recent years, data leakages have shown an increasing trend. To investigate the level of awareness among Cypriot accountancy firms about cyber-related risks, we use the data from a recent survey of Cypriot professional accountants' members of Institute of Certified Public Accountants of Cyprus (ICPAC). The categorical nature of the data and the purpose of our research led us to use methods of multidimensional statistical analysis. The emergence of intense differences between accounting companies in relation to the issue as we will present is particularly interesting.

Keywords: cyber risk; multiple correspondence analysis; MCA; Cypriot accounting firms; exploratory statistics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDATS.2020.108037

International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategies, 2020 Vol.12 No.3, pp.213 - 227

Received: 05 Feb 2018
Accepted: 13 May 2018

Published online: 02 Jul 2020 *

Full-text access for editors Full-text access for subscribers Purchase this article Comment on this article