Introduction to the Human Safety and Cybersecurity Track

The human safety and cybersecurity track for DESRIST 2022 invites studies contributing to design knowledge at the intersection of information systems and security. Two accepted papers offer new solutions to cybersecurity problems from the perspectives of artificial intelligence and security culture. The third accepted paper uses design science research to develop a taxonomy for the emergent problem of malware-as-a-service. While the importance of technical factors in cybersecurity cannot be minimized, cybersecurity must be holistically examined to include human (both social and behavioral) factors, as well as other inter-disciplinary dimensions, such as culture, legal systems, business risk, and compliance. Consequently, we propose three areas that would benefit from, and contribute to, using design science research for future cybersecurity research.