Publication Type

Conference Proceeding Article

Version

acceptedVersion

Publication Date

11-2018

Abstract

A political, economic, socio-cultural, technological, environment and legal (PESTEL) analysis is a framework or tool used to analyse and monitor the macro-environmental factors that have an impact on an organisation. The results identify threats and weaknesses which are used in a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) analysis. In this paper the PESTEL framework was utilized to categorize hacktivism motivations for attack campaigns against certain companies, governments or industries. Our study is based on empirical evidence: of thirty-three hacktivism attack campaigns in manifesto level. Then, the targets of these campaigns were analysed and studied accordingly. As a result, we claim that connecting cyberattacks to motivations permits organizations to determine their external cyberattack risks, allowing them to perform more accurate risk-modeling.

Keywords

PESTEL analysis, security, online anonymity, hacktivism, cyberattack, political activism, strategic management, risk modeling

Discipline

Information Security | Organizational Behavior and Theory | Strategic Management Policy

Publication

Secure IT Systems: 23rd Nordic Conferencem NordSec 2018, Norway, November 28-30: Proceedings

Volume

11252

First Page

323

Last Page

335

ISBN

9783030036386

Identifier

10.1007/978-3-030-03638-6_20

Publisher

Springer

City or Country

Cham

Embargo Period

6-11-2025

Copyright Owner and License

Authors

Additional URL

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03638-6_20

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