Data security crisis in universities: identification of key factors affecting data breach incidents.

ABSTRACT: The extremely complex and dynamic digital environments of universities make them highly vulnerable to the risk of data breaches. This study empirically investigated the factors influencing data breach risks in the context of higher education, according to crime opportunity theory and routine activity theory. The data consisted of university samples from China and were collected mainly from the Chinese Education Industry Vulnerability Reporting Platform. After applying Poisson regression for the estimation, increased public disclosure of vulnerabilities was found to escalate the frequency of data breaches, whereas cross-border data flow decreased the number of data breaches. Furthermore, the mechanism by which academic strength affects data breaches was examined through the tw

SUBMITTER: Li J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10228450 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature