{"id":111853,"date":"2020-08-18T09:54:19","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T13:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=111853"},"modified":"2025-06-24T13:22:44","modified_gmt":"2025-06-24T17:22:44","slug":"ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\/","title":{"rendered":"UCF Awarded $170K Grant to Explore Cybersecurity Risks Amid COVID-19"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A $170,000 grant award from the National Science Foundation will allow a research team led by Clay Posey, associate professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/management-bsba\/\">management<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/aerospace-defense\/\">cybersecurity<\/a> expert, to explore the ramifications of home-based work environments on company security.<\/p>\n<p>Since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/coronavirus\">COVID-19 pandemic<\/a> hit the U.S. in March, the country\u2019s business landscape has rapidly shifted in favor of remote work, with very little time to plan for many companies. Researchers will review how companies moved to secure at-home work environments, examine remote workspaces and assess the overall impact on sensitive organizational information. What Posey\u2019s team finds will likely have implications for companies long after COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a nutshell, COVID-19 has thrown many things out of whack and prompted rapid decision-making for organizational leaders,\u201d Posey says. \u201cThis research will be important for executives overseeing employees in non-traditional work environments.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111858\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" class=\"figure float-right\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-111858\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Clay Posey\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-341x512.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img  img-fluid w-100 size-medium wp-image-111858 lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Clay Posey\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-341x512.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web.jpg 800w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/Clay-Posey_for_web-200x300.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">UCF researcher Clay Posey is part of a project that will explore remote work cyber behaviors during the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As businesses continue to grapple with the effects of the pandemic, employees are learning to share their workspaces with children, pets and housemates \u2014 all the while dealing with the resulting distractions. These unexpected working conditions can create a variety of responses among employees. Posey hopes his team\u2019s research will uncover these behaviors and help prevent cybersecurity threats at companies large and small.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSome employees might pay more attention to cybersecurity risks in the face of a disaster like the coronavirus because they are in a protective state of mind,\u201d Posey says. \u201cOn the other hand, the added stress from working at home could lead other employees to pay less attention to security and take risky shortcuts and workarounds.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Supported by the National Science Foundation\u2019s Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace program, the UCF team will identify a sample of workers temporarily assigned to their homes due to the pandemic. Participants will be surveyed over a two-week period on their daily attitudes, stressors, actions and emotions regarding cybersecurity. In-depth interviews and assessments will be performed using several pools of participants working at home. Associate Professor Mindy Shoss of UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/degree\/psychology-bs\/industrial-organizational-psychology-track\/\">Industrial\/Organizational Psychology program<\/a> will co-lead the research team with Posey. The proposal was accepted by the NSF as part of its Rapid Response Research funding mechanism, which supports studies with a severe urgency.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_111862\" style=\"max-width: 200px;\" class=\"figure float-left\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-111862 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Mindy Shoss\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-341x512.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\"><\/noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid w-100 wp-image-111862 size-medium lazyload\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" alt=\"Mindy Shoss\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20viewBox%3D%220%200%20200%20300%22%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-533x800.jpg 533w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-341x512.jpg 341w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-267x400.jpg 267w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-240x360.jpg 240w, https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2.jpg 800w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/mindy_shoss_for_web2-200x300.jpg\"><figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">UCF researcher Mindy Shoss will co-lead the remote work cybersecurity project.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Posey received his doctorate in business administration from Louisiana Tech University and joined UCF\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/departments-schools\/management\/\">Department of Management<\/a>, part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/college\/business-administration\/\">UCF\u2019s College of Business<\/a>, in 2017. He is also a member of UCF\u2019s Cybersecurity and Privacy Cluster.<\/p>\n<p>Shoss earned her doctorate degree in industrial and organizational psychology from the University of Houston. She joined UCF in 2015.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About UCF College of Business <\/strong>Established in 1968, the UCF College of Business offers degrees at the bachelor\u2019s, master\u2019s, doctoral and executive levels. All programs, as well as the Kenneth G. Dixon School of Accounting, are accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business\u2014 AACSB International. The college provides high-quality academic programs designed to give students a competitive advantage in the world of business now and in the future. Learn more at <a href=\"https:\/\/business.ucf.edu\/\">business.ucf.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCF faculty members Clay Posey and Mindy Shoss will research behaviors of temporary work-from-home employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":111855,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[31,5,23,24],"tags":[18215,7309,982,18250,11806,8279,2943,3818],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-111853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-college-of-business-administration","category-colleges","category-research","category-science-technology","tag-aerospace-and-defense","tag-college-of-business","tag-college-of-sciences","tag-coronavirus","tag-cybersecurity","tag-department-of-psychology","tag-management","tag-psychology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UCF Awarded $170K Grant to Explore Cybersecurity Risks Amid COVID-19 | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"UCF faculty members Clay Posey and Mindy Shoss will research behaviors of temporary work-from-home employees.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UCF Awarded $170K Grant to Explore Cybersecurity Risks Amid COVID-19\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"UCF faculty members Clay Posey and Mindy Shoss will research behaviors of temporary work-from-home employees.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-08-18T13:54:19+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-06-24T17:22:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2020\/08\/work_home_for_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"UCF Today\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"UCF Today\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/1aebb3df3a7ab485359dde7d3c88ef4e\"},\"headline\":\"UCF Awarded $170K Grant to Explore Cybersecurity Risks Amid COVID-19\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-08-18T13:54:19+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-06-24T17:22:44+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":551,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/news\\\/ucf-awarded-170k-grant-to-explore-cybersecurity-risks-amid-covid-19\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ucf.edu\\\/wp-content\\\/blogs.dir\\\/20\\\/files\\\/2020\\\/08\\\/work_home_for_web.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"aerospace and defense\",\"College of Business\",\"College of Sciences\",\"Coronavirus\",\"cybersecurity\",\"Department of Psychology\",\"management\",\"psychology\"],\"articleSection\":[\"College of Business Administration\",\"Colleges &amp; 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