An Assessment of Users' Cyber Security Risk Tolerance in Reward-Based Exchange

Xinhui Zhan; Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah; Maggie Xiaoyan Cheng

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_34

An Assessment of Users' Cyber Security Risk Tolerance in Reward-Based Exchange

Xinhui Zhan
, Fiona Fui-Hoon Nah
, Maggie Xiaoyan Cheng

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Missouri University of Science and Technology

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Abstract

This study examines users' risk-taking behavior in software downloads. We are interested in quantifying the degree of risks that users are willing to take in the cyber security context. We propose conducting an experiment using Amazon's Mechanical Turk to assess the degree of risks that people are willing to take for monetary gains when they download software from uncertified sources.

Original language	American English
Journal	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume	10923
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91716-0_34
State	Published - Jul 1 2018

Keywords

Behavioral research
Cyber security
Decision making
Decision-making
Degree of risks
Human engineering
Human factors
Mechanical turks
Risk
Risk assessment
Risk management
Risk-taking behaviors
Risks
Software downloads

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Business
Computer Sciences

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