Impact of Cyber Security and Risk Management on Green Operations: Empirical Evidence from Security Companies in the UAE

To use empirical evidence from the UAE security industry to measure an organization’s green operations impacted by cyber security and risk management. The security industry has not been previously targeted for research measuring cyber security, risk management, and green operations. This research uniquely contributes to the literature and knowledge for future research. The data from 77 security-providing companies from Sharjah City UAE was used for statistical analysis. A quantitative research technique was applied with convenient cluster sampling. A descriptive, exploratory, and causal research design was applied in the research. The findings reveal a significant positive association between cyber security and risk management with green operations. The limitations are that respondents were derived from one sector in one city, and thus lost generalizability. Future research is recommended to target other sectors’ manufacturing and retailing industries from diverse locations. Security management requires optimization of supply chain operations and awareness of security and protection needs, and the subsequent employee training, privileged access implementation, monitoring, detection, and strategic implementation to avoid cyber attacks.