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The Influence of Status Quo Bias on Novice Users’ Security Decisions: An Empirical Analysis

Presented by Amir Fard Bahreini as a part of the 2020 Serene-risc Workshop on The State of Canadian Cybersecurity Conference: Human-Centric Cybersecurity About the presentation 40% to 60% of adults in North America have no established information security education or training. In today’s connected world, these novice users make many security-related decisions daily and are …

Human Factors in Information Security Culture

Nowadays, organizations collect, transmit, and use data to perform a variety of business-related functions. The proliferation of data makes organizations targets for cyber criminals. This threat has resulted in large investments in secure data storage, networks, and cyber-defense systems. In spite of these investments, cybercrime is still very prevalent with massive breaches being reported almost …

Trouver le maillon faible dans le maillon faible

Les menaces liées au cybercrime ont créés une augmentation importante de dépenses en surveillance et logiciels de la part des compagnies et gouvernements pour se protéger contre toutes ces menaces. Cependant, ils occultent souvent un des risques premiers à la cybersécurité : les utilisateurs. Les utilisateurs ordinaires, et non les technologies, sont souvent décrits comme la …