The current research was conducted with the aim of identifying the damage of the cyber deterrence system in the field of pharmaceutical industries related to the defense sector.
This research was carried out in terms of applied purpose, quantitative and descriptive-exploratory method with Delphi approach. The statistical population of the research included 21 information technology experts of Pharmaceutical Company related to the defense sector. The primary dimensions, components and indicators were extracted based on the review of the research literature and based on the three-stage Delphi method, dimensions, components and indicators were identified. The results showed that the damages of cyber deterrence in the pharmaceutical industry in three dimensions of threat of retaliation with components such as physical information security, information security, design and implementation, technical factors and economic factors; The denial dimension can be categorized with components such as human resource security, organizational culture, lack of user awareness, strategic management, and managerial factors, while the dimension of being caught with components such as environmental risk, technical risk, physical risk, data risk, risk management, and human risk can be categorized.