Beliefs about Cybersecurity Rules and Passwords: A Comparison of Two Survey Samples of Cybersecurity Professionals Versus Regular Users

Authors: 

Ross Koppel, University of Pennsylvania; Jim Blythe, University of Southern California; Vijay Kothari and Sean Smith, Dartmouth College

Abstract: 

In this paper we explore the differential perceptions of cybersecurity professionals and general users regarding access rules and passwords. We conducted a preliminary survey involving 28 participants: 15 cybersecurity professionals and 13 general users. We present our preliminary findings and explain how such survey data might be used to improve security in practice. We focus on user fatigue with access rules and passwords.

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BibTeX
@inproceedings {197931,
author = {Ross Koppel and Jim Blythe and Vijay Kothari and Sean Smith},
title = {Beliefs about Cybersecurity Rules and Passwords: A Comparison of Two Survey Samples of Cybersecurity Professionals Versus Regular Users},
booktitle = {Twelfth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2016)},
year = {2016},
address = {Denver, CO},
url = {https://www.usenix.org/conference/soups2016/workshop-program/wsf/presentation/koppel},
publisher = {USENIX Association},
month = jun,
}
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