By using the protection motivation theory, this article tests a model of password protection intentions for online users. Hypotheses are proposed concerning the intention to engage in good password practices. Data were collected from 182 college students of 3...
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PhishDuck: Capturing user intention in an email client to combat phishing
We present the design and evaluation of PhishDuck, an anti-phishing tool for email clients. Phishduck presents a interfaces to users if they click on suspicious emails, and helps guide them towards making safe decisions. We present two different interfaces, a warning...
Mood and audience effects on video lottery terminal gambling
This study looks into how mood and audience influence gambling behaviours. Although mood seems to have no effect on gambling behavior, participants with a negative mood prior to gambling report more positive moods after gambling. Those with positive and neutral moods...
Effects on employees’ information security abilities by e-learning
The purpose of this paper is to measure and discuss the effects of an e-learning tool aiming at improving the information security knowledge, awareness, and behaviour of employees. Design/methodology/approach – The intervention study has a pre- and post-assessment of...
Human factors in information security: The insider threat–Who can you trust these days?
The paper describes a practitioner’s view of the issue and the approaches used by BT to assess and address insider threats and risks. Proactive measures need to be taken to mitigate against insider attacks rather than reactive measures after the event. A key priority...
Self-efficacy in information security: Its influence on end users’ information security practice behavior
The ultimate success of information security depends on appropriate information security practice behaviors by the end users. Based on social cognitive theory, this study models and tests relationships among self-efficacy in information security, security practice...
Risk taking, antisocial behavior, and life histories
This paper explores the ultimate causes of risk-taking and anti-social behavior. In particular, it explores the notion of such behaviors as evolutionary. It suggests a research program informed by life history analysis may reveal the ultimate causes of risk-taking and...
Impact of perceived technical protection on security behaviors
The purpose of this paper based on compensation theory, is to incorporate perceived technical security protection into the theory of planned behavior and examined factors affecting end‐user security behaviors, specifically, compliance with security policies. The...
Determinants of online privacy concern and its influence on privacy protection behaviors among young adolescents
With Rogers' protection motivation theory as the theoretical framework, this study identified determinants of young adolescents' level of privacy concerns, which, in turn, affects their resultant coping behaviors to protect privacy. Survey data from 144 middle school...
A profitless endeavor: Phishing as tragedy of the commons
Conventional wisdom is that phishing represents easy money. In this paper we examine the economics that underlie the phenomenon, and find a very different picture. Phishing is a classic example of tragedy of the commons, where there is open access to a resource that...