Do or Do Not, There Is No Try : User Engagement May Not Improve Security Outcomes
Computer security problems often occur when there are disconnects between users' understanding of their role in computer security and what is expected of them. To help users make good security decisions more easily, we need insights into the challenges they face in their daily computer usage. We built and deployed the Security Behavior Observatory (SBO) to collect data on user behavior and machine configurations from participants' home computers. Combining SBO data with user interviews, this paper presents a qualitative study comparing users' attitudes, behaviors, and understanding of computer security to the actual states of their computers. Qualitative inductive thematic analysis of the interviews produced "engagement" as the overarching theme, whereby participants with greater engagement in computer security and maintenance did not necessarily have more secure computer states. Thus, user engagement alone may not be predictive of computer security. We identify several other themes that inform future directions for better design and research into security interventions. Our findings emphasize the need for better understanding of how users' computers get infected, so that we can more effectively design user-centered mitigations
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2022
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Authors: | Forget, Alain ; Pearman, Sarah ; Thomas, Jeremy ; Acquisti, Alessandro ; Christin, Nicolas ; Cranor, Lorrie Faith ; Egelman, Serge ; Harbach, Marian ; Telang, Rahul |
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[S.l.] : SSRN |
Description of contents: | Abstract [papers.ssrn.com] |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | In: Proceedings of the 12th Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2016) 97-111. 2016 Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments June 22-24, 2016 erstellt Volltext nicht verfügbar |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013491619
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