Fear Appeals and Information Security Behaviors: An Empirical Study

MIS Quarterly ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 549 ◽  
Author(s):  
Johnston ◽  
Warkentin
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Fear Appeals ◽  
Security Behaviors

scholarly journals Fear Appeals and Information Security Behaviors: An Empirical Study on Mechanical Turk

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Sagar Samtani ◽  
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Hongyi Zhu ◽  
Shuo Yu ◽  
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...  
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Fear Appeals ◽  
Mechanical Turk ◽  
Security Behaviors

Explaining Users' Security Behaviors with the Security Belief Model

2014 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 23-46 ◽  
Author(s):  
Clay K. Williams ◽  
Donald Wynn ◽  
Ramana Madupalli ◽  
Elena Karahanna ◽  
Barbara K. Duncan
Keyword(s):  
Information Security ◽  
Empirical Study ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Health Prevention ◽  
Information Security Behavior ◽  
Behavior Intentions ◽  
Security Behavior ◽  
Parsimonious Model ◽  
Belief Model ◽  
Security Behaviors

Information security is often viewed as a technological matter. However, security professionals will readily admit that without safe practices by users, no amount or type of technology will be effective at preventing unauthorized intrusions. By paralleling the practices of information security and health prevention, a rationale for employing constructs from existing models of health behavior is established. A comprehensive and parsimonious model (the Security Belief Model) is developed to explain information security behavior intentions. The model is tested empirically based on a sample of 237 Indian professionals. The results of the empirical study indicate general support for the model, particularly including severity, susceptibility, benefits, and a cue to action as antecedents to the intention to perform preventive information security behaviors. The paper also discusses implications of the model and results for practitioners and possibilities for future research are included.

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