Management of Technical Security Measures: An Empirical Examination of Personality Traits and Behavioral Intentions

Uffen, Jörg; Breitner, Michael H.

doi:10.1109/hicss.2013.388

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“…These results suggest that personality factors play an important role in understanding cybersecurity behaviors and are consistent with a growing body of literature highlighting that Conscientiousness appears to be a strong predictor of cybersecurity behaviors and information security awareness (Hadlington, 2018; McCormac et al, 2017; Shropshire et al, 2015; Uffen & Breitner, 2014). Nevertheless, Openness was also a significant predictor of cybersecurity behaviors in the hierarchical regression analysis, suggesting that it should be considered in the adoption of cybersecurity practices.…”

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“…As conscientiousness and agreeableness increase, the strength of the relationship between intention and initial adherence to security practices increases. Uffen and Breitner (2014) developed a model that included conscientiousness, openness, and neuroticism, proposing an explanation of the relationship between personality traits and the attitudes of information security executives. For this subgroup, conscientiousness positively influenced attitudes toward management of security measures, and compliance-related factors moderated the relationships between both conscientiousness and openness with security attitudes.…”

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Personality as a predictor of cybersecurity behavior.

Shappie

Dawson

Debb

2020

Psychology of Popular Media

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Personality may better predict cybersecurity behavior relative to an individual's stated intentions; however, people often behave in ways that are discordant with what they intend. Assuming most people have the intention of complying with safe practices, it is still no surprise that people violate policies and put sensitive data at risk regularly. Previous research has investigated all of the "Big Five" personality factors in relation to cybersecurity behavior, although there is no consensus regarding which factors are most important. In this study, data were collected from 676 undergraduate students who were administered the Employees' Online Security Behavior and Beliefs questionnaire and the Big Five Inventory-44. Significant correlations were observed between self-reported cybersecurity behaviors and some, but not all, personality constructs. Linear regression was used to examine whether the 5 personality factors were significantly associated with cybersecurity behaviors, and a hierarchical regression examined the personality factors that explained additional variance over-and-above cybersecurity behaviors, specifically perceived barriers, response efficacy, and security self-efficacy. Conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness were significantly associated with self-reported cybersecurity behaviors. Results suggest that personality plays an important role in understanding cybersecurity behaviors, which is consistent with a growing body of literature highlighting conscientiousness as a strong predictor of cybersecurity behaviors. The present study's findings suggest that personality structure is associated with cybersecurity behaviors and that conscientiousness and openness may be particularly salient to this relationship. Public Policy Relevance StatementGiven today's digitally connected world, minimizing threats to information security have become increasingly important. People tend to be considered the weakest link in cybersecurity infrastructure. The present study investigated the association between personality characteristics and cybersecurity behaviors, and the results have implications for cybersecurity training as well as hiring practices.

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Personality as a predictor of cybersecurity behavior.

Shappie

Dawson

Debb

2020

Psychology of Popular Media

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“…The theory of planned behaviour (TPB) has been used by previous researchers to explain user behaviour in information system studies (Uffen and Breitner, 2013).…”

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Indirect effect of management support on users’ compliance behaviour towards information security policies

Humaidi

Balakrishnan

2017

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The research model based on the theory of planned behaviour in combination with other human and organisational factors has made a useful contribution towards explaining compliance behaviour in relation to organisational ISPs, with trust being the most significant factor. In adopting a multidimensional approach to management-user interactions via multidisciplinary concepts and theories to evaluate the association between the integrated management-user values and the nature of compliance towards ISPs among selected health professionals, this study has made a unique contribution to the literature.

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“…Meta-analytic evidence demonstrates that changes in BI lead to AB in a lower degree (Webb and Sheeran, 2006). One option to alleviate the BI -AB gap is the application of scenario techniques (Bulgurcu et al, 2010;Uffen and Breitner, 2013). If detailed information is provided about potential information security situations and indirectly attitudes towards information security are questioned indirectly, it might lead to a better impression of an individual's true intention.…”

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Information security awareness and behavior: a theory-based literature review

Lebek

Uffen

Neumann³

et al. 2014

Management Research Review

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For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. Design/methodology/approach -This paper presents the results of a literature review comprising 113 publications. The literature review was designed to identify applied theories and to understand the cognitive determinants in the research field. A meta-model that explains employees' IS security behavior is introduced by assembling the core constructs of the used theories. Findings -The paper identified 54 used theories, but four behavioral theories were primarily used: Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB), General Deterrence Theory (GDT), Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) and Technology Acceptance Model (TAM). By synthesizing results of empirically tested research models, a survey of factors proven to have a significant influence on employees' security behavior is presented.Research limitations/implications -Some relevant publications might be missing within this literature review due to the selection of search terms and/or databases. However, by conduction a forward and a backward search, this paper has limited this error source to a minimum. Practical implications -This study presents an overview of determinants that have been proven to influence employees' behavioral intention. Based thereon, concrete training and awareness measures can be developed. This is valuable for practitioners in the process of designing Security Education, Training and Awareness (SETA) programs. Originality/value -This paper presents a comprehensive up-to-date overview of existing academic literature in the field of employees' security awareness and behavior research. Based on a developed meta-model, research gaps are identified and implications for future research are worked out.

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Management of Technical Security Measures: An Empirical Examination of Personality Traits and Behavioral Intentions

Cited by 4 publications

References 38 publications

Personality as a predictor of cybersecurity behavior.

Personality as a predictor of cybersecurity behavior.

Indirect effect of management support on users’ compliance behaviour towards information security policies

Information security awareness and behavior: a theory-based literature review

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