Lessons from the five data breaches: Analyzing framed crisis response strategies and crisis severity

To fill a gap of research that explores cyber crisis management, this study analyzed news stories of the five largest data breaches experienced in 2014 by retailers (i.e. Target, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, Home Depot, and Staples). Corporate crisis communication and its news coverage (n = 64) were eva...

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Auteurs principaux: Bokyung Kim, Kristine Johnson, Sun-Young Park
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:adef029fa76f4364aa7e86c9e2d5e88d2021-12-02T14:35:47ZLessons from the five data breaches: Analyzing framed crisis response strategies and crisis severity2331-197510.1080/23311975.2017.1354525https://doaj.org/article/adef029fa76f4364aa7e86c9e2d5e88d2017-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2017.1354525https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975To fill a gap of research that explores cyber crisis management, this study analyzed news stories of the five largest data breaches experienced in 2014 by retailers (i.e. Target, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, Home Depot, and Staples). Corporate crisis communication and its news coverage (n = 64) were evaluated for crisis communication strategies and framed situational factors. Despite companies’ use of multiple strategies, newspapers reported their use of advocate strategies more often. Massmediated crisis response strategies were even different among the five companies. Newspapers also reframed crisis severity and crisis controllability. Finally, our findings addressed the key to dealing with the public relations nightmare that would result from a security breach.Bokyung KimKristine JohnsonSun-Young ParkTaylor & Francis Grouparticlesecurity breachdata breachcyber crisis communicationcorporate public relations and strategic communicationinformation managementBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 4, Iss 1 (2017)
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topic security breach
data breach
cyber crisis communication
corporate public relations and strategic communication
information management
Business
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Management. Industrial management
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cyber crisis communication
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Management. Industrial management
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Bokyung Kim
Kristine Johnson
Sun-Young Park
Lessons from the five data breaches: Analyzing framed crisis response strategies and crisis severity
description To fill a gap of research that explores cyber crisis management, this study analyzed news stories of the five largest data breaches experienced in 2014 by retailers (i.e. Target, Michaels, Neiman Marcus, Home Depot, and Staples). Corporate crisis communication and its news coverage (n = 64) were evaluated for crisis communication strategies and framed situational factors. Despite companies’ use of multiple strategies, newspapers reported their use of advocate strategies more often. Massmediated crisis response strategies were even different among the five companies. Newspapers also reframed crisis severity and crisis controllability. Finally, our findings addressed the key to dealing with the public relations nightmare that would result from a security breach.
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