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A Study on Factors Influencing User's Security Behavioral Intention for Choosing Password (패스워드 선택을 위한 사용자의 보안행위의도에 영향을 미치는 요인)

  • Kim, Jong-Ki;Kang, Da-Yeon;Jeon, Jin-Hwan
    • The Journal of Information Systems
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    • v.17 no.1
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    • pp.23-43
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    • 2008
  • Nowadays, openness and accessibility of information systems increase security threats from inside and outside of organization. Appropriate password is supposed to bring out security effects such as preventing misuses and banning illegal users. This study emphasizes on choosing passwords from perspective of information security and investigated user's security awareness affecting behavioral intention. The research model proposed in this study includes user's security belief which is influenced by risk awareness factors such as information assets, threats and vulnerability elements. The risk awareness factors ale derived from risk analysis methodologies for information security. User's risk awareness is a factor influencing the security belief, attitude toward security behavior, and security behavioral intention. According to the result of this study, while vulnerability is not related to the risk awareness, information assets and threats are related to the user's risk awareness. There is a significant relationship between risk awareness and security belief. Also, user's security behavioral intention is significantly affected by security attitude.

Factors Affecting Intention to Use Security Functions in SNS (소셜 네트워크 서비스의 보안기능 사용의도에 영향을 미치는 요인 : Facebook을 중심으로)

  • Kim, Hyeob;Kim, Kyung Kyu;Lee, Ho
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.13 no.2
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    • pp.1-17
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    • 2014
  • Social networking service (SNS) is a service that allows people to share information, manage relationships with others, and express themselves on the Internet. The number of SNS users have increased explosively with the growth of mobile devices such as smartphones. As the influence of SNS has grown extensively, potential threats to privacy have also become pervasive. The purpose of this study is to empirically examine the main factors that affect users' intentions to use security functions provided by their SNS. The main theories for this study include the rational choice theory and the theory of planned behavior. This study has identified the factors that affect intention to use security functions. In addition, security function awareness and information security awareness are found to be important antecedents for intention to use security functions. The results of this study implies that when SNS providers develop security policies, they should consider the ways to improve users information security awareness and security function awareness simultaneously.

The Effect of Security Awareness Training on the Use of Biometric Authentication: Focusing on the Protection Motivational Behaviors

  • Jung, Seungmin;Park, Joo Yeon
    • Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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    • v.27 no.2
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    • pp.1-21
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    • 2020
  • The purpose of this study is to investigate the behavioral factors affecting the security attitude and intention to use biometrics password based on the protection motivation theory. This study also investigates security awareness training to understand trust, privacy, and security vulnerability regarding biometric authentication password. This empirical analysis reveals security awareness training boosts the protection motivational factors that affect on the behavior and intention of using biometric authentication passwords. This study also indicates that biometric authentication passwords can be used when the overall belief in a biometric system is present. After all, security awareness training enhances the belief of biometric passwords and increase the motivation to protect security threats. The study will provide insights into protecting security vulnerability with security awareness training.

Implementation of Voice Awareness Security Sytems (음성인식 보안 시스템의 구현)

  • Lee, Moon-Goo
    • Proceedings of the IEEK Conference
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    • 2006.06a
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    • pp.799-800
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    • 2006
  • This thesis implemented security systems of voice awareness which is higher accessible than existing security system using biological authentication system and is inexpensive in module of security device, and has an advantage in usability. Proposed the security systems of voice awareness implemented algorithm for characteristic extraction of inputted speaker's voice signal verification, and also implemented database of access control that is founded on extractible output. And a security system of voice awareness has a function of an authority of access control to system.

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Analysis of a Security Survey for Smartphones

  • Nam, Sang-Zo
    • International Journal of Contents
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    • v.11 no.3
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    • pp.14-23
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    • 2015
  • This paper presents the findings of a study in which students at a four-year university were surveyed in an effort to analyze and verify the differences in perceived security awareness, security-related activities, and security damage experiences when using smartphones, based on demographic variables such as gender, academic year, and college major. Moreover, the perceived security awareness items and security-related activities were tested to verify whether they affect the students' security damage experience. Based on survey data obtained from 592 participants, the findings indicate that demographic differences exist for some of the survey question items. The majority of the male students replied "affirmative" to some of the questions related to perceived security awareness and "enthusiastic" to questions about security-related activities. Some academic year differences exist in the responses to perceived security awareness and security-related activities. On the whole, freshmen had the lowest level of security awareness. Security alert seems to be very high in sophomores, but it decreases as the students become older. While the difference in perceived security awareness based on college major was not significant, the difference in some security-related activities based on that variable was significant. No significant difference was found in some items such as storing private information in smartphones and frequency of implementation of security applications based on the college major variable. However, differences among the college majors were verified in clicking hyperlinks in unknown SMS messages and in the number of security applications in smartphones. No differences were found in security damage experiences based on gender, academic year, and college major. Security awareness items had no impact on the experience of security damage in smartphones. However, some security activities, such as storing resident registration numbers in a smartphone, clicking hyperlinks in unknown SMS messages, the number of security apps in a smartphone, and the frequency of implementation of security apps did have an impact on security damage.

Relationship between Information Security Activities of Enterprise and Its Infringement : Mainly on the Effects of Information Security Awareness (기업의 정보보호 활동과 정보침해 사고 간의 관계: 정보보호 인식의 매개효과를 중심으로)

  • Moon, Kunwoong;Kim, Seungjoo
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.27 no.4
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    • pp.897-912
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    • 2017
  • This paper focuses on how the protection of information security incident is effective in via Information security awareness when conducting information security activities of enterprises. Research models have theorized that the information security activity and the information security awareness will reduce the incidence of information security. The general characteristics of analysis targets have been carried out in the frequency analysis, and the reliability of the measuring tool has been utilized to calculate the coefficient of Cronbach's information protection. Evidence has been demonstrated regarding the relationship between information security activities and information security awareness and information security incidents.

The Effects of Security Policies, Security Awareness and Individual Characteristics on Password Security Effectiveness (보안정책, 보안의식, 개인적 특성이 패스워드 보안효과에 미치는 영향)

  • Kim, Jong-Ki;Kang, Da-Yeon
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.18 no.4
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    • pp.123-133
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    • 2008
  • Information securiry is considered important due to the side effect generated from the expansion of information system and rapid increase of the use of internet. Nevertheless, we are getting unconscious of the importance of information security. The purpose of this research is to empirically analyze that the effects of security policies, security awareness and individual characteristics on password security effectiveness. Based on the analysis of research model using structural equation modeling technique, security policies were influencing individual characteristics and improving user's security awareness. Also individual characteristics and security awareness had positive impact on security effectiveness.

Security Awareness among Students in Campus Environment: Case Study

  • Najihah Osman;Haniza N;Zulkiflee M.
    • International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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    • v.23 no.10
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    • pp.188-198
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    • 2023
  • In this era of globalization without limitation, many security issues occur, especially in a public network. Internet users significantly increased every single day. However, only some users are aware of security issues when they use Internet services. For the campus network environment, both staffs and students are susceptible to security threats such as data theft, unauthorized access and more due to different levels of awareness towards security threats. This paper is to study the level of awareness among students on security issues based on KSA model. As a case study, the survey was distributed among students in the UTeM campus network. A quantitative study was conducted, and a structured questionnaire has been designed and distributed among students. The variables were focused on three (3) aspects, which are Knowledge, Skill and Ability (KSA). The finding shows the relationship between KSA with the level of awareness among students has been revealed. From the result, Knowledge is the most significant aspect that contributes to high awareness. For the future, a study about increasing students' knowledge about security issues should be addressed.

Empirical Research on Security Awareness of Multicultural Family Marriage Migrant Women

  • Park, Kap Lyong
    • Journal of the Korea Society of Computer and Information
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    • v.20 no.10
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    • pp.141-148
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    • 2015
  • This study aims to inspect national security consciousness of marriage migrant women, and to figure out factors which affect on awareness of national security. Based on this, this study also suggests a way to build up national security of marriage migrant women. As the result of the factors on security situation, there were several things which are necessity of education, trust in the army and government, positivity toward North Korea and so on, while necessity of education, trust in the army and government, national pride and positivity toward North Korea were on the awareness of national security. There are three ways of building up national security consciousness of marriage migrant women. First, security education is needed to be in the social adjustment program of marriage migrant women. Secondly, concern on security is required to them. Third, a necessity of production on security education material is demanded for marriage migrant women.

A Study on Improvement of Information Security awareness through Game: Focusing on Changes in Awareness of Information Security Policies (게임을 통한 정보보안인식 향상에 관한 연구: 개별 정보보안정책에 대한 인식변화를 중심으로)

  • Choi, Jong-hyun
    • Journal of the Korea Institute of Information Security & Cryptology
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    • v.28 no.4
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    • pp.951-962
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    • 2018
  • In order to strengthen the information security of the organization, it is important to invest in the information security facility, but the information security awareness of the organization members is also very important. Effective education is needed to raise awareness of this information security. However, the method of collective education utilized by most organizations is not very effective. Educational methods using serious games can be a good alternative. Educational methods using serious games have already proved effective through various cases and researches and are used in many fields. In this paper, we design and implement a game program to improve the awareness of individual information security policy importance. The training was conducted for the members of the organization and the change of awareness about the importance of individual information security policy was examined through analysis of evaluation data before and after the training.