Oct 18, 2017 | Research library
Background: We reflect on a methodology for developing scenario-based security behaviour surveys that evolved through deployment in two large partner organisations (A & B). In each organisation, scenarios are grounded in workplace tensions between security and...
Oct 17, 2017 | Journal article, Research library
This paper proposes and sets out the framework for the development of a game designed to help educate users about phishing attacks. The proposed game draws on academic research and would take the form a series of challenges that inherently educate users about phishing...
Oct 9, 2017 | Journal article, Research library
This research finds people are motivated to follow security procedures when they believe the procedures to be compulsory, and that both specifying policies and evaluating behaviors help position security policies as mandatory. It follows that specifying policies and...
Oct 9, 2017 | Research library
Advancements in information technology often task users with complex and consequential privacy and security decisions. A growing body of research has investigated individuals’ choices in the presence of privacy and information security tradeoffs, the decision-making...
Aug 20, 2017 | Research library
Embedded phishing exercises, which send test phishing emails, are utilized by organizations to reduce the susceptibility of its employees to this type of attack. Research studies seeking to evaluate the effectiveness of these exercises have generally been limited by...
Aug 10, 2017 | Research library
Packed with statistics and survey results, this paper profiles the ever-growing cyber threat landscape and offers advice to help address and overcome risks.