Title | Understanding of Human Factors in Cybersecurity: A Systematic Literature Review |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2021 |
Authors | Rohan, Rohani, Funilkul, Suree, Pal, Debajyoti, Chutimaskul, Wichian |
Conference Name | 2021 International Conference on Computational Performance Evaluation (ComPE) |
Date Published | dec |
Keywords | computer security, culture, cybersecurity, Human Behavior, human factors, Information security, Organizations, privacy, pubcrawl, statistical analysis, Systematics, theory |
Abstract | Cybersecurity is paramount for all public and private sectors for protecting their information systems, data, and digital assets from cyber-attacks; thus, relying on technology-based protections alone will not achieve this goal. This work examines the role of human factors in cybersecurity by looking at the top-tier conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity over the past 6 years. A total of 24 articles were selected for the final analysis. Findings show that most of the authors used a quantitative method, where survey was the most used tool for collecting the data, and less attention has been paid to the theoretical research. Besides, three types of users were identified: university-level users, organizational-level users, and unspecified users. Culture is another less investigated aspect, and the samples were biased towards the western community. Moreover, 17 human factors are identified; human awareness, privacy perception, trust perception, behavior, and capability are the top five among them. Also, new insights and recommendations are presented. |
DOI | 10.1109/ComPE53109.2021.9752358 |
Citation Key | rohan_understanding_2021 |