Role of Gender in the Evaluation of Security Decisions

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Abstract

Cybersecurity decisions are made by human analysts under uncertain conditions, leaving room for bias, but demographic characteristics can affect these security decisions. We conducted an empirical study to investigate their influence on cybersecurity decision evaluations, addressing this knowledge gap.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)38-48
Number of pages11
JournalIEEE Security and Privacy
Volume22
Issue number2
Early online date5 Jan 2024
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Apr 2024

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We thank Fabio Massacci and Romy Van Der Lee for useful discussions and suggestions. This work was partially supported by the Network Institute Academy Assistant program at the Vrije Universiteit, the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek under the Knowledge Innovation Communities HEWSTI Project under Grant 14261, the European Commission under the H2020 AssureMOSS project under Grant 952647, and the Horizon Europe Sec4AI4Sec Project under Grant 101120393. This work involved human subjects or animals in its research. The author(s) confirm(s) that all human/animal subject research procedures and protocols are exempt from review board approval.

FundersFunder number
Network Institute Academy
European Commission
Nederlandse Organisatie voor Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek14261
Horizon 2020 Framework Programme952647
Horizon Europe Sec4AI4Sec101120393

    Keywords

    • Behavioral sciences
    • Decision making
    • Education
    • Ethics
    • Human factors
    • Security
    • Surveys

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