Balancing Agility, Operational Business Requirements and Cybersecurity in a Large Public Organization
conference paper
IT departments have shifted towards agile development and self-steering teams, leading to fragmented management of enterprise cybersecurity. This may hinder effective cybersecurity as it requires coordinated efforts and unified decision-making. This study investigates the challenges of agile organizations in enterprise cybersecurity and, more specifically, addressing ransomware threats. To achieve this, we interviewed nine cybersecurity professionals from a large, agile public organization in Europe. From the results of these interviews, we identified 25 challenges that we believe are universal across organizations prioritizing agile teams. To resolve these challenges and ensure optimal cybersecurity practices we propose two novel approaches to organizing enterprise cybersecurity in large-scale agile organizations: boundary spanning and short cycled cyber improvements programs. © 2025. Published by AHFE Open Access. All rights reserved.
Topics
TNO Identifier
1025810
ISSN
2771-0718
ISBN
978-1-964867-75-5
Publisher
AHFE International
Source title
Proceedings of the AHFE International Conference on Human Factors in Design, Engineering and Computing 8-10 December 2025, Hawaii, USA
Editor(s)
Ahram, T.
Karwowski, W.
Kalra, J.
Karwowski, W.
Kalra, J.
Pages
2280-2290