Acceptable topics

Week 2 discussion on an acceptable topic this is what was chosen for that  The topic for the proposed study is, ‘Cybersecurity governance, its implications, and influence on risk management systems of organizations’. Cybersecurity governance may be defined as the systems, measures, norms as well as standards, that an organization implements to protect its cyberspace from cyber threats. Because more organizations rely on digital processes, the management of cybersecurity risks becomes even more elaborate, thus demanding more formal ways of dealing with it. Cybersecurity governance helps organizations to be prepared to treat security events to be following the required laws and fostering the minimization of risks in the systems’ complexity (Lee, 2021). This topic is emerging as conventional security threats transform over time into cyberspace threats, challenging organizations to start practicing prescriptive corporate governance systems. The literature review called attention to the need for governance in Decision-making regarding an organization’s cybersecurity posture, especially among sensitive organizations like healthcare and financial institutions. Nevertheless, it is noteworthy that certain issues such as analyzing how specific governance frameworks can be adapted to sectors under consideration are still uncovered. This research will examine how organizational cybersecurity governance can be optimized to improve risk management policies and reduce risks (Al-Sartawi, 2020). The unfortunate thing is that even though organizations appreciate the significance of cybersecurity governance, there is scarce understanding of how they can apply these frameworks in operations across organizations in diverse industries. What is known is that the effectiveness of managerial governance decreases the security risks, but as of what is unknown is how customizable the approaches to the development of managerial governance are in the context of the organization ‘s structure. This work aims to help fill this gap by exploring the governance frameworks for organizational risk management and the general question of how such frameworks might best be adjusted for different sectors (Melaku, 2023). There is also a need to look at General Systems Theory as the theoretical foundation to help understand how organizations relate to digital spaces to manage cyber threats.   References Al-Sartawi, A. M. M. (2020). “Information technology governance and cybersecurity at the board level.” International Journal of Critical Infrastructures, 16(2), 150-161. Lee, I. (2021). Cybersecurity: Risk management framework and investment cost analysis. Business Horizons, 64(5), 659-671. Melaku, H. M. (2023). A dynamic and adaptive cybersecurity governance framework. Journal of Cybersecurity and Privacy, 3(3), 327-350