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Research Library

The world’s first globally accessible archive of research into the human aspect of cyber security and behavioural science as applied to cyber security awareness and online behavioural change.

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Understanding and transforming organizational security culture

The paper is based on the findings and conclusions of research, observations and projects carried out in large organizations over the last two decades. It highlights failings and critical success factors in contemporary approaches to transform organizational culture....

Fear appeals and information security behavior: An empircal study

Information technology executives strive to align the actions of end users with the desired security posture of management and of the firm through persuasive communication. In many cases, some element of fear is incorporated within these communications. However,...

Jumping security hurdles

It is widely recognised that success in tackling security issues often depends upon acknowledgement and action by individuals. To quote Amit Yoran, erstwhile director of the National Cyber Security Division within the US Department of Homeland Security: “The human...

Influence of awareness and training on cyber security

This article presents the results of a study to determine the impact of a cyber threat education and awareness intervention on changes in user security behavior. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of two introductory lectures about cyber threats due to poor...

Perception of information security

The objective of this study was to investigate people’s perception of information security and to unveil the factors that influence people’s perception of different threats to information security. In the survey study, 602 respondents were asked to evaluate one of 21...

Using reinforcement to strengthen users’ secure behaviors

Users have a strong tendency toward dismissing security dialogs unthinkingly. Prior research has shown that users' responses to security dialogs become significantly more thoughtful when dialogs are polymorphic, and that further improvements can be obtained when...