Dynamic Capabilities in Cybersecurity Intelligence: empirical evidence to enhance protection against cyber threats.

This research addresses the relationship of dynamic capabilities in cybersecurity intelligence (DCCI) under information security paradigm. Bolstering on the view of cybersecurity intelligence (CI), the research looks at DCCI as a multidimensional critical framework of abilities and processes, particularly relevant for all business sectors somehow. The DCCI framework is built from a literature review of 47 case studies and tested as of 207 cybersecurity experts spread out in different regions and countries through hierarchical regressions. The DDCI framework is positively associated with CI two different dimensions, Doing and Improving cybersecurity activities while the dimensions Enabling and Managing cybersecurity activities do not present significant impacting in CI. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first paper that build an empirical instrument to measure a model of dynamic capabilities in cybersecurity intelligence. Findings expand on the perception of CI as multidimensional problems involving firms' innovations and change in information security field. Thus, it progresses to offer new avenues for future research and practice in building DCCI to enhance CI for business and society.