Pattinson et al., 2016: Assessing Information Security Attitudes: A Comparison of Two Studies

Topic:

The aim of the research was to compare a self-reporting online survey with a set of one-on-one repertory grid technique interviews. There were significant correlations for three of the seven behaviours, although attitudes relating to password management, use of social networking sites, information handling and reporting of security incidents were not significantly correlated.

survey and repertory grid interviews, 23 students, multiple methods instrument validation

Constructs in this publication:

Construct	Cites	Category	Questions given?	Content validity	Pretests	Response type	Notes
Password management	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Email use	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Internet use	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Social networking	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Mobile computing	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Information handling	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"
Incident reporting	Parsons et al., 2014		yes	no	none	5-point likert scale ranging from "strongly disagree" to "strongly agree"

Citation:

Malcolm Pattinson, Kathryn Parsons, Marcus Butavicius, Agata McCormac, and Dragana Calic. Assessing information security attitudes: a comparison of two studies. Information & Computer Security, 24(2):228–240, 2016.

Bibtex

@article{pattinson_assessing_2016,
 author = {Pattinson, Malcolm and Parsons, Kathryn and Butavicius, Marcus and McCormac, Agata and Calic, Dragana},
 journal = {Information \& Computer Security},
 number = {2},
 pages = {228--240},
 shorttitle = {Assessing Information Security Attitudes},
 title = {Assessing Information Security Attitudes: A Comparison of Two Studies},
 volume = {24},
 year = {2016}
}

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