Smartphone security awareness: Time to act

Al-Hadadi, Mubarak; Shidhani, Ali Al

doi:10.1109/ctit.2013.6749496

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“…These findings represent concerns regarding users' information privacy, especially when MCMC stated that most Malaysian smartphone users tend to opt for "jailbreak" smartphones that allow the downloading of apps which have not been approved by app stores as these apps may impose security and data integrity risks [4]. This confirms that the increasing number of smartphone users will only lead to the increasing of privacy risks [8], [9].…”

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The Effect of Privacy Concerns on Smartphone App Purchase in Malaysia: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Belkhamza

Niasin

2017

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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Abstract-The rise of m-commerce has brought the intention to the issue of privacy concerns among mobile users, and studies showed that it is an important factor that affects attitude and intention to purchase smartphone apps. The objective of this paper is to investigate the issue of privacy concerns on the attitude and purchasing intention among Malaysian smartphone users. This paper employed the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) to investigate the role of privacy concerns in influencing the decision making process. The paper provides significant insights on the issue of privacy concerns in the usage of smartphones which can help developers such as Google and Apple to improve their apps stores to provide better protection for users' privacy and security in Malaysia.

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confidence: 54%

The Effect of Privacy Concerns on Smartphone App Purchase in Malaysia: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

Belkhamza

Niasin

2017

Int. J. Interact. Mob. Technol.

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“…Other studies about mobile information security focused on interviews about bluetooth, SMS and web browser applications (Al-Hadadi and Al Shidhani, 2013), technical dimensions (e.g. authentication, network security) (Clarke et al , 2016) and model and framework development (Ngogo and Flowerday, 2015a, b; Bitton et al , 2018).…”

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“What about users?”: Development and validation of the mobile information security awareness scale (MISAS)

Erdoğdu¹,

Gökoğlu

Kara

2020

OIR

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PurposeThe current study aimed to develop and validate Mobile Information Security Awareness Scale (MISAS) based on the prototype model for measuring information security awareness and the relevant literature.Design/methodology/approachThe scale was developed and validated with the participation of 562 students from four universities. The construct validity of the scale was tested through exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis.FindingsThe reliability of the scale was tested through corrected item-total correlations and Cronbach alpha. The MISAS includes six factors and 17 items. The identified factors were labeled as backup, instant messaging and navigation, password protection, update, access permission and using others' devices.Research limitations/implicationsThe scale included only the human aspects of mobile information security. The technical aspects are not within the scope of this study. For this reason, future studies might develop and validate a different scale focusing on the technical aspects of mobile information security.Originality/valueThe developed scale contributes to the literature on the human aspects of mobile information security.

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“…Hence, human security behavior is critical to ensure an efficient information security environment that does not depend on technology only. It is suggested that risk communication should go one step further to changing user's security behavior [57][58] [59]. However, several studies have confirmed that users do not react in the same manner to the same security threat nor the same user make the same decision in all situations.…”

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The Design and Evaluation of a User-Centric Information Security Risk Assessment and Response Framework

Alohali¹,

Clarke²,

Furnell³

2018

ijacsa

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The risk of sensitive information disclosure and modification through the use of online services has increased considerably and may result in significant damage. As the management and assessment of such risks is a well-known discipline for organizations, it is a challenge for users from the general public. Users have difficulties in using, understanding and reacting to security-related threats. Moreover, users only try to protect themselves from risks salient to them. Motivated by the lack of risk assessment solutions and limited impact of awareness programs tailored for users of the general public, this paper aims to develop a structured approach to help in protecting users from threats and vulnerabilities and, thus, reducing the overall information security risks. By focusing on the user and that different users react differently to the same stimuli, the authors developed a user-centric risk assessment and response framework that assesses and communicates risk on both user and system level in an individualized, timely and continuous way. Three risk assessment models were proposed that depend on user-centric and behavior-related factors when calculating risk. This framework was evaluated using a scenario-based simulation of a number of users and results analyzed. The analysis demonstrated the effectiveness and feasibility of the proposed approach. Encouragingly, this analysis provided an indication that risk can be assessed differently for the same behavior based upon a number of user-centric and behavioralrelated factors resulting in an individualized granular risk score/level. This granular risk assessment, provided a more insightful evaluation of both risk and response. The analysis of results was also useful in demonstrating how risk is not the same for all users and how the proposed model is effective in adapting to differences between users offering a novel approach to assessing information security risks.

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Smartphone security awareness: Time to act

Cited by 15 publications

References 1 publication

The Effect of Privacy Concerns on Smartphone App Purchase in Malaysia: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

The Effect of Privacy Concerns on Smartphone App Purchase in Malaysia: Extending the Theory of Planned Behavior

“What about users?”: Development and validation of the mobile information security awareness scale (MISAS)

The Design and Evaluation of a User-Centric Information Security Risk Assessment and Response Framework

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