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Human factor is widely recognized as the first threat to the security of information systems (ISS). ISS research thus points to the problem of user behavior, which is overwhelmingly represented as a fallibility that would be part of its nature. Companies would...

Computer and Information Security (CIS) is usually approached adopting a technology-centric viewpoint, where the human components of sociotechnical systems are generally considered as their weakest part, with little consideration for the end users’ cognitive...

Although the pandemic is certainly not the first occurrence of socially disruptive circumstances that drive cyber criminals to action, relevant academic scholarship has remained scarce. To fill this gap in literature, and propose the analytical framework of...

The questions this project addressed include: How is social engineering used to deploy malware? What is the economic impact of successful malware/ransomware attacks? What security measures can be implemented to help mitigate these attacks? This research focuses on...

The need for new threat models is considered first through a study of user behavior and perceptions of norms with respect to phone sharing and access behaviors in romantic relationships. We find that most people give their partner access to their phone but often have...