The threat of online personal information breaches rises as people put more critical data online, and despite ample availability, strong authentication protecting this information is not being adopted quickly enough to address the threat. To better understand this problem, the IQP team designed and conducted a study to isolate factors leading to such behavior. The team found that people had trouble surmounting the shift to stronger tools, but once past that, they readily settled into permanent use. Also, personal connection to threats was correlated to a good impression of strong authentication. The solution may be online security education that induces a personal connection to the threat, so as to create a better incentive to overcome the obstacles of transitioning and increase security.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Valme, Romuald S
• Mokotoff, Andrew Jack
• Nguyen, Cuong Hung
• Caso, Nathan M

Subject

• Computing
• Culture
• Security

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-030416-212842

关键词

• Risk management
• Human-computer interaction
• User-centered system design

Advisor

• Smith, Alexander D.
• Eisenbarth, Thomas

Year

• 2016

Date created

• 2016-03-04

地点

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright