Trade-offs between monetary gain and risk taking in cybersecurity behavior

• Main Authors: ZHAN, X., NAH, Fiona Fui-hoon, CHENG, M.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2018
• Subjects: Cybersecurity; human behavior; gain; risk; decision-making; Databases and Information Systems; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9573; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10573/viewcontent/Trade_offs_between_Monetary_Gain_and_Risk_Taking_in_Cybersecurity_Behavior.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Phishers and hackers exploit users’ susceptibility to deception by providing incentives. This research focuses on studying the risk-taking behavior of users in downloading software from the Internet. We proposed an experimental study to assess the degree of risks that people are willing to take for...