Publications
Anthony Vance and Zeynep Sahin, “Why Do Employees Keep Ignoring Workplace Cybersecurity Rules?” The Wall Street Journal, September 26, 2023, https://wsj.com/tech/cybersecurity/cybersecurity-risks-employees-training-c7415183.
Lowry, M. R., Sahin, Z., and Vance, A. “Taking a Seat at the Table: The Quest for CISO Legitimacy.” ICIS 2022 Proceedings. 14.
Sahin, Z., Vance, A., and Thatcher, J. B. “Security is a Noble Cause”: How Calling Drives Meaningfulness and Identity in the Cybersecurity Profession,” 2025 IFIP Working Group 8.11/11.13 Dewald Roode Information Security Workshop, Nairobi, Kenya.
Lowry, M. R., Sahin, Z., and Vance, A. (2024). “Running Up That Hill: The Legitimacy of the Chief Information Security Officer,” 2nd International Workshop on Organizational Legitimacy, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Sahin, Z., Vance, A., and Thatcher, J. B. (2023). “The Problem of CISO Turnover: Toward a Theory of CISO Turnover,” Proceedings of 2023 IFIP 8.11/11.13 Dewald Roode Information Security Research Workshop, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
Manuscripts Under Review
“Security is a Noble Cause”: How Calling Drives Meaningfulness and Identity in the Cybersecurity Profession
Zeynep Sahin, Anthony Vance, and Jason B. Thatcher
Invited for second round of review at MIS Quarterly
“Chief” in Name Only: The Legitimation of the Chief Information Security Officer
Michelle Lowry, Zeynep Sahin, and Anthony Vance
Under first round of review at ISR
Sahin, Z., & Vance, A. (2025). What Do We Need to Know about the Chief Information Security Officer? A Literature Review and Research Agenda. Computers & Security, 148, 104063.