Improving Internet Security Through Social Information and Social Comparison: A Field Quasi-Experiment

• Main Authors: TANG, Qian, LINDEN, Leigh L., QUARTERMAN, John S., WHINSTON, Andrew B.
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2013
• Subjects: Internet Security; externality; social comparison; information disclosure; quasi-experiment; reputation; economic incentive; Computer Sciences; Information Security
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/2566; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/3566/viewcontent/TangWEIS2013.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Cybersecurity is a national priority in this big data era. Because of negative externalities and the resulting lack of economic incentives, companies often underinvest in security controls, despite government and industry recommendations. Although many existing studies on security have explored tech...