It won't happen to me: Promoting secure behaviour among internet users

Computers in Human Behavior

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1739-1747

  Davinson, Nicola ^a   Sillence, Elizabeth ^a  

^a NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Internet; Phishing; Risk information; Risk perception; Security; Training

Indexed keywords

ANTI-PHISHING; COUNTER MEASURES; EFFECTS OF EDUCATION; EXPERIMENTAL GROUPS; INFORMATION PROVISION; INTERNET USERS; ON-LINE SECURITIES; PHISHING; RISK INFORMATION; RISK LEVELS; RISK MESSAGE; SECURITY; THREE STAGES; TRAINING; TRAINING PROGRAM; TRAINING PROGRAMMES; USER BEHAVIOUR;

HEALTH RISKS; INTERNET; RISK ANALYSIS; SECURITY OF DATA;

RISK PERCEPTION;

EID: 77956187913     PISSN: 07475632     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chb.2010.06.023     Document Type: Article

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