Embracing the unknown by constructing an organizational cybersecurity strategy: The knowledge-led art of balancing risk against the cost of protection.

Purpose: This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies. Design/methodology/approach: This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context. Findings: This conceptual paper concentrates on ways in which organizations can strategically defend their intellectual capital-based value from malicious cyber attacks in the most efficient way. Managing knowledge to achieve this aim involves building a protection approach that's profoundly flexible so that it accommodates inevitable and unprecedented technological change, while also recognizing collaboratively that threats can enter a business from the connected systems of external partners. Originality/value: The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]