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On the Adoption of End-User IT Security Measures

11. Dezember 2014 von 11:00 – 12:00 Uhr

Ort: Piloty-Gebäude, S2|02, Raum B002, Hochschulstr. 10, 64289 Darmstadt

Dozent/-in: Dr. Marian Harbach, Leibniz Universität Hannover

Users of Information Technology are faced with a large and growing number of diverse security measures. They can choose to use some of these measures voluntarily, such as more secure online banking TAN schemes or hard disk encryption.

Other measures simply appear during the daily use of IT systems, for example SSL warnings or Android Permissions. In both cases, however, the intended protection is only effective if the user chooses to adopt, i.e. chooses to apply or mind, this measure. If the less secure iTAN method is preferred over the more secure chipTAN or if the Android permission screen is routinely dismissed without even looking at the presented information, then these measures are useless. Thus, the question arises why certain security measures cannot deliver the intended protection to end users and how such problems can be alleviated. This talk will address these questions using two examples, discussing factors that act as barriers to adoption, as well as a potential solution that leverages more effective risk communication to overcome existing adoption problems.

This talk will be held in English

 

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