Aug 27, 2020 | Research
While technical controls can reduce vulnerabilities to cyber threats, no technology provides absolute protection and we hypothesised that people may act less securely if they place unwarranted trust in these automated systems. This paper describes the development of a...Nov 10, 2017 | Research
This study looked into how individual differences and national culture impacted participants’ responses to phishing and spear-phishing emails. The study found a national culture that promoted the needs of the individual (rather than the needs of society) increased the...Nov 10, 2017 | Research
This study examined the relationship between Information Security Awareness (ISA), resilience and work stress, finding greater resilience to be associated with higher ISA and lower work stress. Jul 8, 2015 | Research
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...Oct 8, 2014 | Research
The purpose of this paper is to investigate the human-based information security (InfoSec) vulnerabilities in three Australian government organisations. A Web-based survey was developed to test attitudes, knowledge and behaviour across eight policy-based focus areas....