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This study examined contributing factors in the relationship between organizational culture and employee attitudes towards information security policy. Guiding the investigation was the question: To what extent, if any, is there a relationship between an...

Research examining the information security behavior of individuals with respect to risk has focused primarily on only a handful of constructs; most of which have their roots in Protection Motivation Theory (PMT). However, there is still a lot we do not know about the...

Researchers tested how harshness and unpredictability experienced in early childhood (age 0-5) and in later childhood (age 6-16) predicted sexual and risky behavior at age 23. Findings showed the strongest predictor of both sexual and risky behavior was an...

To understand user behavior, researchers have examined intention to use, and system usage through some common conceptualizations such as actual usage, reported usage, and assessed usage. Although this entire body of research has produced important findings, it has yet...

The Internet is a lucrative medium for criminals targeting Internet users. Most common Internet attacks require some form of user interaction such as clicking on an exploit link. Hence, the problem at hand is not only a technical one, but it also has a strong human...

This research investigated information systems security policy (ISSP) compliance by drawing upon two relevant theories i.e. the theory of planned behavior (TPB) and the protection motivation theory (PMT). A research model that fused constituents of the aforementioned...

Behaviour change is difficult to achieve and there are many models identifying the factors to affect such change but few have been applied in the security domain. This paper discusses the use of serious games to improve the security behaviour of end-users. A new...

Users’ mental models of security, though possibly incorrect, embody patterns of reasoning about security that lead to systematic behaviors across tasks and may be shared across populations of users. Researchers have identified widely held mental models of security,...

Following a literature review, the paper's authors built a measure of perceived deception in advertising. The measure was fuelled by perceived veracity and perceived ethic, and may allow marketing practioners to evaluate the percieved deception of marketing...

Many organizations struggle with ineffective and/or inefficient access control, but these problems and their consequences often remain invisible to security decision-makers. Prior research has focused on improving the policy-authoring part of authorization and does...

To combat potential security threats, organizations rely upon information security policies to guide employee actions. Unfortunately, employee violations of such policies are common and costly enough that users are often considered the weakest link in information...

Information security policy compliance is one of the key concerns that face organizations today. Although, technical and procedural security measures help improve information security, there is an increased need to accommodate human, social and organizational factors....

Insiders represent a major threat to the security of an organization’s information resources (Warkentin & Willison, 2009; Stanton et al., 2005). Previous research has explored the role of protection motivation or of deterrence in promoting compliant behavior, but...

This article discusses phishing attacks. It introduces the anatomy of a phishing attack, considers why people fall for phishing attacks and estimates the damage of phishing attacks. The article also discusses common tecniques for preventing phishing.  

Information breaches demand a vigorous response from organizations. The traditional response is to institute policies to constrain and control employee behavior. Information security policies inform employees about appropriate uses of information technology in an...

Using various social-engineering techniques, criminals run havoc on the Internet and defraud many people in a number of different ways. This puts various organisational communities at risk. Therefore, it is important that people within such communities should learn...

The sharing of personal data has emerged as a popular activity over online social networking sites like Facebook. As a result, the issue of online social network privacy has received significant attention in both the research literature and the mainstream media. Our...