Journal article
Old risks, new challenges: Exploring differences in security between home computer and mobile device use
Behaviour & Information Technology, Vol.36(11), pp.1111-1124
2017
Abstract
Home users are particularly vulnerable to information security threats as they must make decisions about how to protect themselves, often with little knowledge of the technology. Furthermore, information for home users tends to focus on the traditional PC and may downplay threats faced on mobile devices, transforming well-known and old risks into new challenges for information security. To address the need for more behavioural information security research that focusses on mobile devices, this paper reports on the first large-scale study comparing security perceptions and behaviours on home computer and mobile devices. Data from 629 users revealed that in addition to differences in information security behaviour, the following security-related perceptions all differ significantly between home computer and mobile device use: perceived severity, security self-efficacy, response efficacy, response cost, descriptive norm, psychological ownership and intention to perform security behaviours. In each case, the direction of the difference was such that mobile devices were more likely to be at risk than a home computer. The practical implications of these differences are discussed.
Details
- Title
- Old risks, new challenges: Exploring differences in security between home computer and mobile device use
- Authors/Creators
- T. McGill (Author/Creator) - Murdoch UniversityN. Thompson (Author/Creator) - Curtin University
- Publication Details
- Behaviour & Information Technology, Vol.36(11), pp.1111-1124
- Publisher
- Taylor and Francis
- Identifiers
- 991005540052107891
- Copyright
- © 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Engineering and Information Technology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
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- Computer Science, Cybernetics
- Ergonomics
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