Cultural Influences on Information Security

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Result on the web

<a href="https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/eccws/article/view/1127" target="_blank" >https://papers.academic-conferences.org/index.php/eccws/article/view/1127</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.34190/eccws.22.1.1127" target="_blank" >10.34190/eccws.22.1.1127</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Cultural Influences on Information Security

Original language description

Humans are by far the weakest link in the information security chain. Many in the information security industry advocate for a technical solution to this problem. Unfortunately, technology does not hold the answer to solving the human problem. Instead, it is important to better understand the problem and find new ways of training individuals, so they have a better security mindset and make better security minded decisions. The security challenges associated with human factors have been widely studied in previous literature and different research groups. Prior research has shown that both human behavioural factors and social media usage factors can be used to better assess a person’s susceptibility to cybercrime. We know that humans are multi-faceted beings who are swayed by many factors. In addition to behavioural factors and social media factors, humans are predisposed by cultural influences. This paper begins the process of understanding how culture influences a person's ability to make positive cybersecurity decisions in a world that is full of data being thrown at them. The end goal of this research is to use culture, along with behaviour and social media usage as new metrics in measuring a person’s susceptibility to cybercrime. This information can then be used by information security practitioners and researchers to better prepare individuals to defend themselves from cyber threats. This paper is the start of the research process into how culture impacts a person’s susceptibility to cybercrime. It shows the significance of identifying what specific aspects of culture impact how someone makes a decision. This can help mitigate social engineering attacks by better understanding the influencing factors which control an end user. The authors will continue their work on this project to develop new Information Awareness (IA) training programmes that work to modify an individual's behaviour, while taking into consideration their behaviours, social media usage and culture.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

D - Article in proceedings

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50600 - Political science

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2023

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Article name in the collection

European Conference on Cyber Warfare and Security. Proceedings of 22nd ECCWS

ISBN

9781914587696

ISSN

2048-8602

e-ISSN

2048-8610

Number of pages

8

Pages from-to

143-150

Publisher name

ACI

Place of publication

Reading

Event location

Athens

Event date

Jun 22, 2023

Type of event by nationality

WRD - Celosvětová akce

UT code for WoS article

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