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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Security Behavior"”.
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Assessment of users' information security behavior in smartphone networks
… of smartphone usage, providing information security has become one of the main challenges that researchers and information-security specialists must consider. In contrast to traditional mobile phones that only enable people to talk and text, smartphone networks give users a variety of …
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Protection Motivation Theory: Understanding the Determinants of Individual Security Behavior
… but if individuals do not make appropriate security protection decisions they introduce holes that technological solutions cannot protect. This study investigates what personal characteristics influence differences in individual security behaviors, defined as behaviors to protect against …
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A study of information security awareness program effectiveness in predicting end-user security behavior
… to data increases, so does the need to increase security. For organizations of all sizes, information security (IS) has become paramount due to the increased use of the Internet. Corporate data are transmitted ubiquitously over wireless networks and have increased exponentially with cloud …
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Can Threats and Fear Foster Security? Cognitive and Emotive Forces of Fear Appeals on Information Security Behavior
… vulnerabilities in an organization’s information security by carelessness, negligence, and/or noncompliance with security policies and procedures, so it is important for organizations to motivate employees’ security behavior. Fear appeals are messages designed to motivate behavioral change by …
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Examining the influence of technology acceptance, self-efficacy, and locus of control on information security behavior of social media users
… exploited as a target for viruses, attacks, and security threats. The first line of defense against such attacks and threats— as well as their primary cause—are social media users themselves. This study investigated the relationship between certain personality factors among social media …
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Security-by-Contract using Automata Modulo Theory
… are checked during execution that they comply to security policy defined by the systems. The problem with this approach is the significant overhead which may not be desirable for some applications. This thesis describes a formalism, called Automata Modulo Theory, that allows us to have model of …
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Effective Cognitive Modes for Compliance with Information Security Policies over Time
Compliance with information security policies (ISPC) has long been conceptualized as rational and intention-driven behavior. However, recent scholarship suggests that individuals' reasoning strategies in security contexts are far more dynamic and context-dependent. This dissertation seeks to …
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Securing Cloud Containers through Intrusion Detection and Remediation
… learning technique to model the container behavior. The same technique was also extended to learn the behavior of a distributed application running in a number of cloud-based containers. In addition to monitoring the behavior of each container independently, the system used prior knowledge …
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Passenger Traits That Predict the Bystander Intervention Model Steps During an Inflight Assault on a Flight Attendant
… inhibiting effect that others have on a person's behavior. Overcoming the inhibition involves a five-step cognitive process. Researchers have modeled and positively applied the process, known as the bystander intervention model, to various helping scenarios (bullying, sexual assault, organ …