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Prioritization of Cyberspace's Societal Security Threatening Factors: An Interpretive Structural Model
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Sajjad Ramezani   , Fatemeh Saghafi * , Vahid Fotouh abadi , Mohammad Bagheri |
| University of Tehran |
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Abstract: (2445 Views) |
| Nowadays, cyberspace has affected on various areas. So, it is necessary to control the negative and the positive effects of this space. Social security mentioned to the feeling of risk of the collective identity and society. The present study investigates the cultural and social threats of cyberspace on security, considering the dimensions of cyberspace effects. Social security is one of the pillars of soft warfare, so it is important to identify and control the threats. In this study, first 35 threatening factors were identified based on literature review and completing them by interviews with experts. Based on fuzzy Delphi, factors have been prioritized and 12 main factors extracted. Then, based on interpretive structural modeling, the factors are classified and placed in three levels, the lower levels have high priority and the factors of emergence of social movements, diminishing religious beliefs, using cyberspace as a tool of domination and the possibility of creating social unrest have the highest level of threats. Then, the factors are clustered by Mikmak analysis. At the end some suggestions and policy recommendations for controlling these factors are presented. |
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| Keywords: Cyberspace, Interpretive structural modeling, Fuzzy Delphi, Social security |
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Type of Study: Research |
Subject:
Managment
Received: 2020/08/11 | Accepted: 2020/10/20 | Published: 2021/06/30
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