Atif Ahmad
"Professor - Practitioner Helping Organizations Build Cyber Defence Capability"
Ainslie, A., Thompson, D., Maynard, S., Ahmad, A. (2023). Cyber-Threat Intelligence for Security Decision-Making: A Review and Research Agenda for Practice. Computers & Security, pp. 1-16.
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 5.1; [Download Paper - Open Access]
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Kotsias, J., Ahmad, A., and Scheepers, R. (2022). "Adopting and integrating cyber-threat intelligence in a commercial organisation" European Journal of Information Systems. Special Issue on Clinical Information Systems (pp.1-17). [Download Paper - Open Access] [LinkedIn Post]
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.3;
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Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., and Baskerville, R.L. (2022). "Editorial - Special Issue - Cybersecurity Incident Response in Organizations," Computers & Security. Vol. 112 (pp.1-3). [Download Paper]
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 5.1;
Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., Desouza, K.C., Kotsias, J., Whitty, M., and Baskerville, R.L. (2021). "Cybersecurity Incident Response in Organizations: An Exploratory Case Study and Process Model of Situation Awareness," Computers & Security. Vol. 101 (pp.1-15). [Download Paper]
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 5.1; Citations: 21
Naseer, A., Naseer, H., Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., & Siddiqui, A.M. (2021). Real-time analytics, incident response process agility and enterprise cybersecurity performance: A contingent resource-based analysis. International Journal of Information Management. Vol. 59. 102334.
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 14.0; Citations: 8
Ahmad, A., Desouza, K.C., Maynard, S.B., Naseer, H., and Baskerville, R. (2020). "How Integration of Security Management and Incident Response Enables Organizational Learning", Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 71(8), 939-953. [Download Paper]
ScieMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 2.8. Citations: 26
Desouza, K.C., Ahmad, A., Naseer, H., and Sharma, M. (2020). "Weaponizing Information Systems for Political Disruption: The Actor, Lever, Effects, and Response Taxonomy (ALERT)", Computers & Security. Vol 88. (pp. 1-15). [Download]
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 18
Ahmad, A., Webb, J., Desouza, K.C., and Boorman, J. (2019). "Strategically-Motivated Advanced Persistent Threat: Definition, Process, Tactics and a Disinformation Model of Counter-attack," Computers & Security. Vol 86, pp. 402-418.
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 65 [Download Paper]
Ahmad, A., Bosua, R., & Scheepers, R. (2014). Protecting Organizational Competitive Advantage: A Knowledge Leakage Perspective. Computers & Security. 42, (pp. 27-39).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 243 [Download Paper]
Ahmad, A., Hadjkiss, J., & Ruighaver, A.B. (2012). Incident Response Teams - Challenges in Supporting the Organizational Security Function. Computers & Security. 31(5), (pp. 643–652).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 180 [Download Paper]
Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., & Shanks, G. (2015). A Case Analysis of Information Systems and Security Incident Responses. International Journal of Information Management. 35(6), (pp. 717 -723).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 14.0; Citations: 100 [Download Paper]
Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., & Park, S. (2014). Information Security Strategies: Towards an Organizational Multi-Strategy perspective. Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing. 25(2), (pp. 357-370).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; ERA Rank: 'A'; Citations: 174 [Download Paper]
Webb, J., Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., & Shanks, G. (2014). A Situation Awareness Model for Information Security Risk Management. Computers & Security. 44, (pp. 1-15).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 178 [Download Paper]
Abdul Molok, N. N., Ahmad, A., & Chang, S. (2018). A case analysis of securing organisations against information leakage through online social networking. International Journal of Information Management, 43, (pp. 351-356).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 14.0; Citations: 12 [Download Paper]
Elyas, M., Ahmad, A., Maynard, S.B., & Lonie, A. (2015). Digital Forensic Readiness: Expert Perspectives on a Theoretical Framework. Computers & Security. 52, (pp. 70-89).
SciMago Ranking: Q1; Journal Impact Factor: 4.4; Citations: 55 [Download Paper]
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