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It is not about the design - it is about the content! Making warnings more efficient by communicating risks appropriately

Kauer, Michaela ; Pfeiffer, Thomas ; Volkamer, Melanie ; Theuerling, Heike ; Bruder, Ralph
eds.: Suri, Neeraj ; Waidner, Michael (2012)
It is not about the design - it is about the content! Making warnings more efficient by communicating risks appropriately.
Sicherheit 2012 - Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit - 6. Jahrestagung des Fachbereichs Sicherheit der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI). Darmstadt (07.03. - 09.03.2012)
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Item Type: Conference or Workshop Item
Type of entry: Secondary publication
Title: It is not about the design - it is about the content! Making warnings more efficient by communicating risks appropriately
Language: English
Date: 28 September 2012
Place of Publication: Darmstadt
Year of primary publication: 2012
Place of primary publication: Bonn
Publisher: Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI)
Book Title: Sicherheit 2012 - Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit - Beiträge der 6. Jahrestagung des Fachbereichs Sicherheit der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI)
Series: GI-Edition - Lecture Notes in Informatics (LNI)
Series Volume: P-195
Event Title: Sicherheit 2012 - Sicherheit, Schutz und Zuverlässigkeit - 6. Jahrestagung des Fachbereichs Sicherheit der Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI)
Event Location: Darmstadt
Event Dates: 07.03. - 09.03.2012
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Abstract:

Most studies in usable security research aim at a quantification of persons, who – depending on the subject – fall for phishing, pass on their password, download malicious software and so on. In contrast, little research is done to identify the reasons for such insecure behavior. Within this paper, the result of a laboratory study is presented in which participants were confronted with different certificate warnings. Those warnings were presented when the participants tried to access different websites with different criticality (online banking, online shopping, social networks and information sites). Besides quantitative analyses of participants who were willing to use a websites despite the warning, the main focus of this work is to identify reasons for their decision. As a result of our study those risks are identified which were unacceptable for most participants to take and thereby might help to prevent unsecure usage behavior in the web by rewording warnings according to the perceived risks.

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security indicators, perceived risk, user study, certificate warningsEnglish
Status: Postprint
URN: urn:nbn:de:tuda-tuprints-30922
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Copyright 2012 by Gesellschaft fuer Informatik e.V. (GI)

Classification DDC: 000 Generalities, computers, information > 004 Computer science
100 Philosophy and psychology > 150 Psychology
600 Technology, medicine, applied sciences > 620 Engineering and machine engineering
Divisions: 16 Department of Mechanical Engineering > Ergonomics (IAD)
20 Department of Computer Science > Theoretische Informatik
Date Deposited: 28 Sep 2012 09:20
Last Modified: 08 Aug 2024 11:40
URI: https://tuprints.ulb.tu-darmstadt.de/id/eprint/3092
PPN: 386256330
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