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Understanding the cyberspace and awareness of its effects impacts the lives of all individuals. Thus, the knowledge of cybersecurity in both organizations and private operations is essential. Research on various aspects of cybersecurity is crucial for achieving adequate levels of cybersecurity. The content of this scientific monography provides answers to various topical questions from the organizational, individual, sociological, technical and legal aspects of security in the cyberspace. The papers in the monography combine the findings of researchers from different subareas of cybersecurity, show the effects of adequate levels of cybersecurity on the operations of organizations and individuals, and present the latest methods to defend against threats in the cyberspace from technical, organizational and security aspects.

In transition economies, information and communication technology (ICT) is vital for successful companies and may compensate for an underdeveloped infrastructure and lack of resources. The development of complex ICT systems requires skilled ICT professionals who are often difficult to acquire. In this paper, we address this specific issue of transition economies and propose a novel global software development approach that aims to compensate for the lack of skilled ICT professionals by outsourcing independent development tasks globally to remote developers. The proposed approach was empirically tested in a pilot study at three different locations at University of Ljubljana in Slovenia. The test demonstrated the feasibility of the approach and indicated that task specification quality and developer skills are important success factors. The findings of the pilot study are primarily relevant for software development companies in transition economies even though the approach may also be applicable in other settings where lack of locally accessible skilled ICT professionals is present.

Social networks are an indispensable activity for billions of users making them an attractive target for cyberattacks. There is however only scarce research on self-protection of individuals outside the organizational context. This study aims to address this gap by explaining what motivates individuals to self-protect on social networks. A survey (N = 274) has been conducted among Slovenian Facebook users to test the proposed social network selfprotection model. The results show that privacy concerns and perceived threats significantly affect user's intention to self-protect. Descriptive norm only affects intention indirectly through perceived threats appearing to contradict a large body of research on behavioral intentions. "If others protect themselves, there must be a serious threat." On the other hand, it also helps to explain why the direct effect of descriptive norm on security-related behavior is relatively small in other studies. Surveillance concerns, regulation and information sensitivity all significantly affect privacy concerns. Although privacy concerns are currently high due to the recent high-profile privacy-related scandals (e.g., Cambridge Analytica, Facebook, Google+), it may not affect the motivation of users to self-protect as they dealt with issues far beyond their control.