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Research Interests
My research examines cybersecurity culture change and resilience in public healthcare organisations, with a focus on the cognitive and behavioural factors that shape how healthcare professionals respond to evolving digital security demands. Drawing on Cognitive Inertia Theory, Organisational Unlearning, and Protection Motivation Theory, I investigate how individual unlearning, relearning, and community norms influence cybersecurity-protective behaviour in high-stakes clinical environments. My empirical work is situated within Saudi Arabia's Vision 2030 digital transformation agenda, exploring compliance behaviour, security empowerment, and institutional change across multilevel organisational contexts. I apply quantitative methods including CB-SEM with maximum likelihood estimation in SmartPLS to analyse validated survey data from public health clusters. My broader research interests include human factors in information security, HR analytics and cybersecurity policy, and the design of culturally sensitive awareness interventions in non-Western healthcare settings.
Education/Academic qualification
MSc, Computer Engineering: Fog Computing Security Assessment for Device Authentication in the Internet of Things, University of Montreal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1 Jan 2019 → 31 Aug 2023
Award Date: 31 Aug 2023
MSc, M. Eng. Information Systems Security, Concordia University
1 Jan 2014 → 31 Dec 2015
Award Date: 31 May 2016
BSc, Computer and Information Systems , University of New Brunswick
1 May 2010 → 30 Apr 2013
Award Date: 31 May 2013
External positions
lecturer, Taibah University
1 Jan 2018 → …
Keywords
- TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
- Information Systems
- cybersecurity
- Digital technologies
- Human Factors
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 3 Conference publication
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Designing AML-ready blockchain data pipelines for AI-based transaction monitoring
Adamyk, B., Benson, V., Alharbi, S. H., Shevchuk, R., Di Chiacchio, L., Patel, A., Adamyk, O. & Fraczek, B., May 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings from European Conference on Information Systems 2026.Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
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Language-driven visual detection in law enforcement video analysis systems
Benson, V., Algans, A., Gonzales, C. R., Shevchuk, R., Alharbi, S. H., Versinskiene, E. & Adamyk, B., May 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings from European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication
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The influences of cognitive inertia, individual unlearning, and community norms on organisational cybersecurity resilience: a cross-level theoretical framework
Alharbi, S. H., Di Chiacchio, L. & Benson, V., May 2026, (Accepted/In press) Proceedings from the European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2026).Research output: Chapter in Book/Published conference output › Conference publication