Behavior control-based approach to influencing user's cybersecurity actions using mobile news app
Vincent Lombardi, Sarah Ortiz, Jen Phifer, Tomas Cerny, Dongwan Shin · 2021
In this paper, we propose that the theory of planned behavior (TPB) with the additional factors of awareness and context-based information can be used to positively influence users' cybersecurity behavior. A research model based on TPB is developed and validated using a user study. As a proof-of-concept, we developed a mobile cybersecurity news app that incorporates context-based information such as location, search history, and usage information of other mobile apps into its article recommendations and warning notifications to address user awareness better. Through a survey of 100 participants, the proposed research model was validated, and it was confirmed that context-based information positively influences users' awareness in cybersecurity.