Hybrid threats and their impact on the performance of the business environment

The paper aims to assess the impact of hybrid threats on the performance of the business environment of the European Union countries. Hybrid threats were represented by six threats and their consequences, namely unavailability of ICT services due to hardware or software failure, unavailability of IC...

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Main Authors: Miroslava Barkóciová, Bohuslava Mihalčová, Filip Černák, Stanislav Šišulák
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center 2023-12-01
Series:Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues
Online Access:https://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1153
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author Miroslava Barkóciová
Bohuslava Mihalčová
Filip Černák
Stanislav Šišulák
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Filip Černák
Stanislav Šišulák
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description The paper aims to assess the impact of hybrid threats on the performance of the business environment of the European Union countries. Hybrid threats were represented by six threats and their consequences, namely unavailability of ICT services due to hardware or software failure, unavailability of ICT services, unavailability of ICT services due to external attack, destruction or corruption of data due to malware infection or unauthorised intrusion, disclosure of confidential data due to intrusion, pharming, phishing attack or deliberate action of own employees, disclosure of confidential data due to negligent action of own employees. The performance of the business environment was assessed through the Country Competitiveness Index. The results showed that our selected threats and their consequences had a statistically significant impact on the performance of the business environment. We observed an adverse effect for unavailability of ICT services due to hardware or software failure, destruction, or corruption of data due to mal-ware infection or unauthorised intrusion, and disclosure of confidential data due to intrusion, pharming, phishing attack, or deliberate actions of own employees. Positive impacts on business environment performance were observed for unavailability of ICT services (insider attack), unavailability of ICT services due to external attacks and disclosure of confidential data due to negligent actions of own employees.
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spelling doaj.art-791e1938782245808857d2dfb0c990052024-01-05T10:27:31ZengEntrepreneurship and Sustainability CenterEntrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues2345-02822023-12-0111246647910.9770/jesi.2023.11.2(31)Hybrid threats and their impact on the performance of the business environmentMiroslava Barkóciováhttps://orcid.org/0009-0006-7779-9043Bohuslava Mihalčováhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-3429Filip Černákhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7812-9371Stanislav Šišulákhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4727-9582The paper aims to assess the impact of hybrid threats on the performance of the business environment of the European Union countries. Hybrid threats were represented by six threats and their consequences, namely unavailability of ICT services due to hardware or software failure, unavailability of ICT services, unavailability of ICT services due to external attack, destruction or corruption of data due to malware infection or unauthorised intrusion, disclosure of confidential data due to intrusion, pharming, phishing attack or deliberate action of own employees, disclosure of confidential data due to negligent action of own employees. The performance of the business environment was assessed through the Country Competitiveness Index. The results showed that our selected threats and their consequences had a statistically significant impact on the performance of the business environment. We observed an adverse effect for unavailability of ICT services due to hardware or software failure, destruction, or corruption of data due to mal-ware infection or unauthorised intrusion, and disclosure of confidential data due to intrusion, pharming, phishing attack, or deliberate actions of own employees. Positive impacts on business environment performance were observed for unavailability of ICT services (insider attack), unavailability of ICT services due to external attacks and disclosure of confidential data due to negligent actions of own employees.https://jssidoi.org/jesi/article/1153
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