Security services as coping mechanisms: An investigation into user intention to adopt an email authentication service

Information Systems Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 61-84

  Herath, Tejaswini ^a   Chen, Rui ^b   Wang, Jingguo ^c   Banjara, Ketan ^d   Wilbur, Jeff ^d   Rao, H Raghav ^e,f  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b BALL STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d Iconix Inc   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^f Sogang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Email authentication service; Information security; Internal and external coping strategies; Protection motivation theory; Security service adoption; Technology acceptance

Indexed keywords

AUTHENTICATION SERVICES; COPING STRATEGIES; PROTECTION MOTIVATION THEORY; SECURITY SERVICES; TECHNOLOGY ACCEPTANCE;

AUTHENTICATION; RISK PERCEPTION; SECURITY OF DATA;

ELECTRONIC MAIL;

EID: 84889663520     PISSN: 13501917     EISSN: 13652575     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2575.2012.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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