Home computers are frequently the target of malicious attackers because they are usually administered by non-experts. Prior work has found that users who make security decisions about their home computers often possess different mental models of information security...
Installing security-relevant software updates is one of the best computer protection mechanisms. Through interviewing non-expert Windows users, we found that users frequently decide not to install future updates, regardless of whether they are important for security,...
Non-expert computer users regularly need to make security-relevant decisions; however, these decisions tend not to be particularly good or sophisticated. Nevertheless, their choices are not random. Where does the information come from that these non-experts base their...
Over 80 million households in the United States have a home computer and an Internet connection. The vast majority of these are administered by people who have little computer security knowledge or training, and many users try to avoid making security decisions...
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