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Orientation And Social Influences Matter: Revisiting Neutralization Tendencies In Information Systems Security Violation, Frank Curtis King
Orientation And Social Influences Matter: Revisiting Neutralization Tendencies In Information Systems Security Violation, Frank Curtis King
CCE Theses and Dissertations
It is estimated that over half of all information systems security breaches are due directly or indirectly to the poor security practices of an organization’s employees. Previous research has shown neutralization techniques as having influence on the intent to violate information security policy. In this study, we proposed an expansion of the neutralization model by including the effects of business and ethical orientation of individuals on their tendencies to neutralize and compromise with information security policy. Additionally, constructs from social influences and pressures have been integrated into this model to measure the impact on the intent to violate information security …
The Empirical Study Of The Factors That Influence Threat Avoidance Behavior In Ransomware Security Incidents, Heriberto Aurelio Acosta Maestre
The Empirical Study Of The Factors That Influence Threat Avoidance Behavior In Ransomware Security Incidents, Heriberto Aurelio Acosta Maestre
CCE Theses and Dissertations
Ransomware security incidents have become one of the biggest threats to general computer users who are oblivious to the ease of infection, severity, and cost of the damage it causes. University networks and their students are susceptible to ransomware security incidents. College students have vast technical skills and knowledge, however they risk ransomware security incidents because of their lack of mitigating actions to the threats and the belief that it would not happen to them. Interaction with peers may play a part in college students’ perception of the threats and behavior to secure their computers. Identifying what influences students’ threat …