Fostering a cyber security mindset
Cyber security experts have acknowledged the need to focus more attention on the attitudes, beliefs and practices of end-users. Unfortunately, rather than fostering social research on users, this realisation has more often led to blaming users for security problems and sponsorship of fear-based camp...
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Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society
2017-01-01
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| description | Cyber security experts have acknowledged the need to focus more attention on the attitudes, beliefs and practices of end-users. Unfortunately, rather than fostering social research on users, this realisation has more often led to blaming users for security problems and sponsorship of fear-based campaigns directed at end-users. This scholarly essay argues for a shift in research to center on fostering a ‘security mindset’. Instead of just identifying safe practices, this would help build a mindset that embeds cyber security considerations into the everyday choices of users. This paper seeks to explain the concept of a security ‘mindset’ and its social significance, and suggest ways to move research forward. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8fff46842ae643f38e69146135e1d95b2025-03-05T13:45:24ZengAlexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and SocietyInternet Policy Review2197-67752017-01-016110.14763/2017.1.443Fostering a cyber security mindsetWilliam Dutton0Michigan State UniversityCyber security experts have acknowledged the need to focus more attention on the attitudes, beliefs and practices of end-users. Unfortunately, rather than fostering social research on users, this realisation has more often led to blaming users for security problems and sponsorship of fear-based campaigns directed at end-users. This scholarly essay argues for a shift in research to center on fostering a ‘security mindset’. Instead of just identifying safe practices, this would help build a mindset that embeds cyber security considerations into the everyday choices of users. This paper seeks to explain the concept of a security ‘mindset’ and its social significance, and suggest ways to move research forward.https://policyreview.info/node/443Cyber securityCybersecuritySecurityMindsetUser behaviour |
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| title | Fostering a cyber security mindset |
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