Full title in original language:
From Weakest Link to Security Hero: Transforming Staff Security Behavior
Education level:
University University (18+ years)Topic / subtopic:
Cybercrime Cybercrime preventionTarget audience:
Students,
Teachers / Lecturers
Type of resource:
Publication / Article
Languages:
English
Region of relevance:
Global
Access:
restricted access: requiring payment
Individual authors:
Shari Lawrence Pfleeger, M. Angela Sasse, Adrian Furnham
Publication year:
2014
Published by:
Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management
Copyright holder:
© Walter de Gruyter
Contact name and address:
De Gruyter
Contact website:
Key themes:
prevention, crime prevention, cyber, cybersecurity, computer security, staff
Links:
Short description:
Practitioners, researchers and policy-makers involved with cyber security often talk about “security hygiene:” ways to encourage users of computer technology to use safe and secure behavior online. But how do we persuade workers to follow simple, fundamental processes to protect themselves and others? These issues are raised by behavioral scientists, to encourage worker, passenger and patient compliance. In this paper, the authors explore and summarize findings in social psychology about moral values and habit formation, and then integrate them into suggestions for transforming staff security behavior online.