Jul 31, 2015 | Research library
Many people use the Internet every day yet know little about how it really works. Prior literature diverges on how people’s Internet knowledge affects their privacy and security decisions. We undertook a qualitative study to understand what people do and do not know...
Jul 31, 2015 | Research library
In this paper, a conceptual research model is proposed to study safe online banking behaviour. The Protection Motivation Theory functions as the core of the model. The model is extended with additional variables, making it suitable for the online banking context. The...
Jul 22, 2015 | Research library
This study explores the mental models of information security threats held by users who make security decisions about their home computers. A survey of a large representative sample of US Internet users revealed demographic differences in both beliefs about security...
Jul 13, 2015 | Research library
People make security choices on a daily basis without fully considering the security implications of those choices. In this paper we present a prototype application which promotes the choice of secure wireless network options, specifically when users are unfamiliar...
Jul 9, 2015 | Research library
Information Security (IS) is one of the biggest concerns for many organizations. This concern has led many to focus a huge effort into studying different IS areas. One of these critical areas is the human aspect, where investigation of employees’ behaviors has...
Jul 8, 2015 | Research library
In this paper, a role play scenario experiment of people’s ability to differentiate between phishing and genuine emails demonstrated limitations in the generalisability of phishing studies. This involves issues around the priming of participants and the...
