Locking the door but leaving the computer vulnerable: Factors inhibiting home users' adoption of software firewalls

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 254-264

  Kumar, Nanda ^a   Mohan, Kannan ^a   Holowczak, Richard ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

e Commerce; Firewalls; IS security; Privacy; Security protection technologies

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPUTER PRIVACY; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COMPUTER SYSTEM FIREWALLS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INTERNET; INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS; TECHNOLOGY;

E-COMMERCE; FIREWALLS; IS SECURITY; PRIVACY; SECURITY PROTECTION TECHNOLOGIES;

COMPUTER VIRUSES;

EID: 56049103535     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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