Users are vital to the information security of organizations. In spite of technical safeguards,
users make many critical security decisions. An example is users' responses to security …

End users learn defensive security behaviors from a variety of channels, including a plethora
of security advice given in online articles. A great deal of effort is devoted to getting users to …

It is important for organisations to ensure that their privacy policies are General Data
Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliant, and this has to be done by the May 2018 deadline …

IT security systems often attempt to support users in taking a decision by communicating
associated risks. However, a lack of efficacy as well as problems with habituation in such …

Web browser warnings should help protect people from malware, phishing, and network
attacks. Adhering to warnings keeps people safer online. Recent improvements in warning …

System-generated alerts are ubiquitous in personal computing and, with the proliferation of
mobile devices, daily activity. While these interruptions provide timely information, research …

Updates alter the way software functions by fixing bugs, changing features, and modifying
the user interface. Sometimes changes are welcome, even anticipated, and sometimes they …

Research on security warnings consistently points to habituation as a key reason why users
ignore security warnings. However, because habituation as a mental state is difficult to …

Westin's Privacy Segmentation Index has been widely used to measure privacy attitudes
and categorize individuals into three privacy groups: fundamentalists, pragmatists, and …

Warning messages are fundamental to users' security interactions. Unfortunately, they are
largely ineffective, as shown by prior research. A key contributor to this failure is habituation …