Who Is Smart with Their Smartphones? Determinants of Smartphone Security Behavior

Result code in IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14330%2F21%3A00119834" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14330/21:00119834 - isvavai.cz</a>

Result on the web

<a href="http://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2020.0599" target="_blank" >http://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/cyber.2020.0599</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1089/cyber.2020.0599" target="_blank" >10.1089/cyber.2020.0599</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Who Is Smart with Their Smartphones? Determinants of Smartphone Security Behavior

Original language description

Smartphones have recently become a major target for cybercriminals due to large amounts of sensitive data and credentials being stored on the devices. To protect themselves against cyberthreats, users can employ a range of security behaviors. Although research has largely focused on computer security, relatively little is known about personal smartphone security behavior. The goal of our study was to evaluate determinants of smartphone security behavior based on the combination of the Health Belief Model and Protection Motivation Theory. We extended the models by including the construct of general security orientation. We also developed a smartphone security behavior scale that measured various aspects of this behavior. The sample included 331 Czech Android smartphone users aged between 26 and 81 years who were not IT specialists by employment or education. Path analysis showed that individuals who perceived a potential smartphone security threat as more severe, had higher smartphone self-efficacy, and general orientation and interest in digital security, and less personal experience with a digital security incident reported more secure behavior on their smartphones. Perceived susceptibility to security threats and family and friends' previous experience with digital security incidents did not predict smartphone security behavior. General security orientation affected smartphone security behavior also indirectly through perceived severity. These findings have theoretical implications for the models and also emphasize the importance of general digital security awareness as well as smartphone training to increase smartphone security behavior.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

10201 - Computer sciences, information science, bioinformathics (hardware development to be 2.2, social aspect to be 5.8)

Project

<a href="/en/project/TL01000207" target="_blank" >TL01000207: Innovation and adaptation of authentication technologies for secure digital environment</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

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

Name of the periodical

Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking

ISSN

2152-2715

e-ISSN

2152-2723

Volume of the periodical

24

Issue of the periodical within the volume

9

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

9

Pages from-to

584-592

UT code for WoS article

000664548900001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85115994448