The acceleration of cyber-attacks in recent years has negatively impacted the overall performance of organizations around the world. Organizations face the challenge of enhancing their cyber security to prevent and combat cyber-attacks, but studies of factors impacting the cyber security awareness/readiness of organizations from a holistic perspective are lacking. This study adopts the Technology-Organization-Environment (TOE) framework to examine a comprehensive set of factors influencing the cyber security readiness of organizations and the effects of these factors on organizational performance (financial and non-financial) mediated by improved organizational security performance. Data are collected via a survey of IT professionals in Bahrain, with 270 valid responses. The results confirm the importance of seven of nine factors affecting cyber security readiness identified in previous studies. Cyber security readiness is found to positively impact organizational security performance, which in turn positively affects financial and non-financial performance. The newly proposed comprehensive model of factors affecting the cyber security readiness of organizations and the evidence of their importance can be used to guide future research and enhance the current understanding of how organizations can better equip themselves to minimize the occurrence and impact of cyber-attacks.

近年来，网络攻击的加速对全球组织的整体绩效产生了负面影响。组织面临着增强其网络安全性以防止和打击网络攻击的挑战，但是缺乏从整体角度研究影响组织的网络安全意识/就绪性的因素。这项研究采用技术组织环境（TOE）框架，研究了影响组织网络安全准备状况的一系列综合因素，以及这些因素对组织安全绩效改善介导的组织绩效（财务和非财务）的影响。数据是通过对巴林的IT专业人员进行的一项调查收集的，有270个有效回复。结果证实了先前研究中确定的影响网络安全准备状态的九个因素中的七个的重要性。发现网络安全准备状况对组织安全绩效产生积极影响，进而对财务和非财务绩效产生积极影响。新提出的影响组织网络安全就绪性的因素的综合模型及其重要性的证据可用于指导未来的研究，并增强对组织如何更好地自我装备以最大程度地减少网络攻击的发生和影响的当前理解。