Measuring the Human Factor in Information Security and Privacy

Dupuis, Marc; Crossler, Robert E.; Endicott-Popovsky, Barbara

doi:10.1109/hicss.2016.459

Cited by 23 publications

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“…Thus, the Delphi technique was employed with a group of 11 subject matter experts (SMEs) that engage in cybersecurity a majority of their time through a typical workday. The Delphi technique has been employed in information systems and cybersecurity based research before (e.g., [38] and is a common technique employed to reach consensus. Three rounds were performed with the first round being the most open.…”

Section: Objective 1: Password Hygiene Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear might motivate secure password choices in the short term, but at what cost?

Dupuis¹,

Renaud

Jennings³

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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Fear has been used to convince people to behave securely in a variety of cybersecurity domains. In this study, we tested the use of fear appeals, together with threat and coping appraisal components separately and together, on password hygiene behaviors. Fear did indeed elicit the anticipated response: people had higher levels of behavioral intention to engage in better password hygiene. Unfortunately, we also detected a largely negative affective response to the appeals. Fear, as a short-lived emotion, can indeed be effective in the short term. Snapshot-like studies, like the one reported here, might lead us to conclude that fear is indeed indicated and efficacious. Yet, it may backfire in the long term due to the negative long term affects it can trigger.

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Section: Objective 1: Password Hygiene Behaviorsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear might motivate secure password choices in the short term, but at what cost?

Dupuis¹,

Renaud

Jennings³

2022

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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“…Survey data were collected via Amazon's crowdsourcing platform Mechanical Turk (MTurk) where researchers submit surveys to individuals who are compensated a menial fee upon completion. The use of MTurk participants is increasingly popular for academic work (Dupuis, Endicott-Poposky, and Crossler 2013), with thousands of studies having been conducted via MTurk data (Hitlin 2016). The platform provides easy access to a large, stable, and diverse subject pool (Mason & Suri, 2012).…”

Section: Experimental Designmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Role of Collective Food Identity in Local Food Demand

Moreno

Malone

2020

Agric. Resour. Econom. Rev.

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Despite a proliferation of articles focused on consumer willingness-to-pay for locally produced foods, few studies have systemically considered the role of food identity in the price premium of local foods. This article uses primary and secondary data to fill that gap. Using data from 9,329 U.S. households, we identify what foods each state considers a part of their collective food identity. We then compare each state's collective food identity to the actual production within the state. Finally, we utilize a discrete choice experiment (N = 484) focused on a state with one such collective food identity to test whether a consumer's preference for local foods is a function of the collective food identity within the state. Results from the open-ended survey suggest that each state connects with their food production in unique ways and that not all state identities are consistent with actual agricultural production. Results from the discrete choice experiment suggest that consumers are more willing to pay a premium for the local food that is a part of their local food identity than for a similar product that is not a part of their local food identity. Our findings imply that future research on consumer preferences for local food systems should consider the relationship between food culture and geography.

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“…Self-efficacy needs to be contextspecific [29]. In this research we examined the threat of one's personal information being compromised and the nine responses found to be required to effectively mitigate this threat [30]. The importance of privacy and preventing one's personal information from being compromised by malware and other sources has been examined in several studies on individual users in both a personal and professional context (e.g., [31]).…”

Section: Information Security Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, some of the constructs were multi-dimensional aggregate constructs consisting of reflective first-order, formative second-order: self-efficacy [43], perceived response costs [44], and perceived response efficacy [42]. A previously developed and validated survey instrument was used to assess the actions needed to protect one's self from the compromise of personal information and consisted of a formative first-order, formative secondorder construct [30].…”

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The Compromise of One’s Personal Information: Trait Affect as an Antecedent in Explaining the Behavior of Individuals

Dupuis

Crossler

2019

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

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This research examined the role trait affect, a lifelong and generally stable type of affect, has on the information security behavior of individuals. We examined this in the context of how one responds to the threat of one's personal information becoming compromised. This was done by extending Protection Motivation Theory (PMT) by incorporating the two higher order dimensions of affect, positive affect and negative affect, as antecedents to self-efficacy, perceived threat severity, and perceived threat vulnerability. A survey was used to explore this further. Seven of the 11 hypotheses were supported, including three of the six related to affect. This research makes two primary contributions. First, trait affect may play an indirect role in understanding how individuals evaluate, respond to, and cope with a threat. Second, this research extended the application of PMT, which has been the primary theory used to understand the information security behavior of individuals.

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Measuring the Human Factor in Information Security and Privacy

Cited by 23 publications

References 36 publications

Fear might motivate secure password choices in the short term, but at what cost?

Fear might motivate secure password choices in the short term, but at what cost?

The Role of Collective Food Identity in Local Food Demand

The Compromise of One’s Personal Information: Trait Affect as an Antecedent in Explaining the Behavior of Individuals

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