A socio-technical investigation into smartphone security

Melanie Volkamer; Karen Renaud; Oksana Kulyk; Sinem Emeröz

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-24858-5_17

A socio-technical investigation into smartphone security

Melanie Volkamer
, Karen Renaud
, Oksana Kulyk
, Sinem Emeröz

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15 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

Many people do not deliberately act to protect the data on their Smartphones. The most obvious explanation for a failure to behave securely is that the appropriate mechanisms are unusable. Does this mean usable mechanisms will automatically be adopted? Probably not! Poor usability certainly plays a role, but other factors also contribute to non-adoption of precautionary mechanisms and behaviours. We carried out a series of interviews to determine justifications for non-adoption of security precautions, specifically in the smartphone context, and developed a model of Smartphone precaution non-adoption. We propose that future work should investigate the use of media campaigns in raising awareness of these issues.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Security and Trust Management. STM 2015
Editors	S. Foresti
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	265-273
Number of pages	7
ISBN (Electronic)	9783319248585
ISBN (Print)	9783319248578
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24858-5_17
Publication status	Published - 9 Dec 2015
Event	11th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management : (STM 2015) - Vienna, Austria Duration: 21 Sept 2015 → 22 Sept 2015 http://stm2015.di.unimi.it/

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	9331

Conference

Conference	11th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	21/09/15 → 22/09/15
Internet address	http://stm2015.di.unimi.it/

Keywords

precautionary measure
interpretative phenomenological analysis
specific threat
poor usability
antivirus software

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Volkamer, M, Renaud, K, Kulyk, O & Emeröz , S 2015, A socio-technical investigation into smartphone security. in S Foresti (ed.), Security and Trust Management. STM 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9331, Springer, Cham, pp. 265-273, 11th International Workshop on Security and Trust Management , Vienna, Austria, 21/09/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24858-5_17

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