Finding the weakest links in the weakest link: How well do undergraduate students make cybersecurity judgment?

被引：46

作者：

Yan, Zheng ^{[1
]}

Robertson, Thomas ^{[1
]}

Yan, River ^{[2
]}

Park, Sung Yong ^{[1
]}

Bordoff, Samantha ^{[1
]}

Chen, Quan ^{[1
]}

Sprissler, Ethan ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] SUNY Albany, Albany, NY 12222 USA

[2] Noble & Greenough Sch, Dedham, MA USA

来源：

COMPUTERS IN HUMAN BEHAVIOR | 2018年 / 84卷

关键词：

The weakest link phenomenon; Cybersecurity; Cybersecurity behavior; Cybersecurity judgment; Intuitive judgement; Rational judgement; Media literacy; INFORMATION-SYSTEMS SECURITY; DIGITAL NATIVES DEBATE; THREAT CONTROL MODEL; CYBER-SECURITY; ECOLOGICAL VALIDITY; POLICY COMPLIANCE; UNITED-STATES; USER SECURITY; PREVALENCE; BEHAVIOR;

D O I：

10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.019

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

It has been widely recognized in the psychology of cybersecurity literature that ordinary users rather than technology systems are the weakest link in cybersecurity. The present study focused on assessing the cybersecurity judgment of 462 college students as a specific group of ordinary users in order to further identify specific weakest links of the weakest link. It was found that (1) the average percentage correct for cybersecurity judgement among the 462 students was 65%, (2) 104 (23%) students showed the lowest correct judgements (below 50%), (3) two of 16 cybersecurity items received the lowest correct judgement (below 50%), and (4) students' correct rational judgment (64%) was not significantly higher than their correct intuitive judgement (66%). These results not only empirically quantify the weakest link in cybersecurity judgement in general but also further specify the weakest links within the weakest link in particular, and thus have generated the earliest benchmarking data of the weakest link phenomenon and can help design effective cybersecurity prevention and intervention programs for ordinary users. (C) 2018 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

引用

页码：375 / 382

页数：8

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