The correct behavioral pattern of information security employees in the face of cyber security threats with the mediating role of policy and organizational culture

Objective: In this research, the effective factors on the behavior of information security employees were investigated and the role of organizational culture on the behavioral pattern of employees was determined and an optimal behavioral pattern was proposed.Methodology: The research analyzed the factors affecting the behavioral pattern in the face of cyber security threats using a combined method, and the effect of policy and organizational culture on it was investigated with a meta-composite (sequential-exploratory) method.Findings: First, 270 primary sources including domestic and foreign articles were screened and 83 domestic sources and 29 foreign sources were selected. From these sources, 142 indicators consisting of 5 dimensions and 17 components were extracted, then with the help of the two-stage Delphi method, the questions were evaluated and validated, and 11 indicators were removed from them, and in the quantitative stage, a questionnaire with 131 questions was created. It was prepared and information security experts answered the questionnaire.Originality: By analyzing the data using SPSS and MATLAB software. It was found that there is a statistically significant relationship between the two characteristics of policy and organizational culture and the behavior pattern of information security experts in relation to information security policy.