Security awareness and adoption of security controls by smartphone users

Parker, Fayyaadh; Ophoff, Jacques; Belle, Jean-Paul Van; Karia, Ross

doi:10.1109/infosec.2015.7435513

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“…In addition, they rarely consider privacy and security when installing new applications, and do not install adequate protection mechanisms [9]. Additional research into users and protection mechanisms partially contradicts the idea that smartphone users are not security aware, and finds several correlations between security awareness and smartphone OS, language, and gender [10].…”

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confidence: 99%

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Security Awareness of the Digital Natives

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Abstract:Young generations make extensive use of mobile devices, such as smartphones, tablets and laptops, while a plethora of security risks associated with such devices are induced by vulnerabilities related to user behavior. Furthermore, the number of security breaches on or via portable devices increases exponentially. Thus, deploying suitable risk treatments requires the investigation of how the digital natives (young people, born and bred in the digital era) use their mobile devices and their level of security awareness, in order to identify common usage patterns with negative security impact. In this article, we present the results of a survey performed across a multinational sample of digital natives with distinct backgrounds and levels of competence in terms of security, to identify divergences in user behavior due to regional, educational and other factors. Our results highlight significant influences on the behavior of digital natives, arising from user confidence, educational background, and parameters related to usability and accessibility. The outcomes of this study justify the need for further analysis of the topic, in order to identify the influence of fine-grained semantics, but also the consolidation of wide and robust user-models.

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“…However, the said study [10] does not specifically target the digital natives, despite them being the majority of users. More related to the topic are the studies conducted by Markel and Bernik [11] and Markel and Zgaga [12].…”

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Security Awareness of the Digital Natives

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“…Smartphones become a valuable target for attackers because of the information they contain. It is, therefore, critical for smartphone users to take precautionary measures, including awareness of vulnerabilities and threats as well as adoption of security controls against threats [15]. Dinev and Hu [16] define technology awareness as a user's raised consciousness of and interest in knowing about technological issues and strategies to deal with them and show the technology awareness as one of the stimuli for determining the attitude in their awareness-centric model.…”

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Security Awareness Level of Smartphone Users: An Exploratory Case Study

Koyuncu

Pusatli

2019

Mobile Information Systems

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As smartphone technology becomes more and more mature, its usage extends beyond and covers also applications that require security. However, since smartphones can contain valuable information, they normally become the target of attackers. A physically lost or a hacked smartphone may cause catastrophic results for its owner. To prevent such undesired events, smartphone users should be aware of existing threats and countermeasures to be taken against them. Therefore, user awareness is a critical factor for smartphone security. This study investigates the awareness level of smartphone users for different security-related parameters and compares the awareness levels of different user groups categorized according to their demographic data. It is based on a survey study conducted on a population with a different range of age, education level, and IT security expertise. According to the obtained results, in general, the awareness level of participants is fairly low, which needs considerable improvement. In terms of age, the oldest group has the lowest level followed by the youngest group. Education level, in general, has a positive effect on the awareness level. Having knowledge about IT is another factor increasing the security awareness level of smartphone users.

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“…In addition, they rarely consider privacy and security when installing new applications, and do not install adequate protection mechanisms [3]. Additional research into users and protection mechanisms partially contradicts that smartphone users are not security aware, and finds several correlations between security awareness and smartphone OS, language, and gender [11]. However, the results do not specifically target the digital natives, despite them being the majority of users.…”

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User Modelling Validation over the Security Awareness of Digital Natives

2017

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Abstract:Young generations make extensive use of mobile devices, such as smart-phones, tablets and laptops, for a variety of daily tasks with potentially critical impact, while the number of security breaches via portable devices increases exponentially. A plethora of security risks associated with these devices are induced by design shortcomings and vulnerabilities related to user behavior. Therefore, deploying suitable risk treatments requires the investigation of how security experts perceive the digital natives (young people, born in the digital era), when utilizing their user behavior models in the design and analysis of related systems. In this article, we present the results of a survey performed across a multinational sample of security professionals, in comparison to our earlier study over the security awareness of digital natives. Through this study, we seek to identify divergences between user behavior and the conceptual user-models that security experts utilise in their professional tasks. Our results indicate that the experts understanding over the user behaviour does not follow a solidified user-model, while influences from personal perceptions and randomness are also noticeable.

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Security awareness and adoption of security controls by smartphone users

Cited by 30 publications

References 19 publications

Security Awareness of the Digital Natives

Security Awareness of the Digital Natives

Security Awareness Level of Smartphone Users: An Exploratory Case Study

User Modelling Validation over the Security Awareness of Digital Natives

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