Enhancing Security Education - Recognising Threshold Concepts and Other Influencing Factors

Ismini Vasileiou, Steven Furnell

2018

Abstract

Users are frequently recognised as lacking a necessary level of security education, and even where efforts are made to provide it, they are rarely matched directly to the needs of the audience. This paper examines the gap between the typical provision of security education and what could be achieved via an approach that recognises differences between the individuals that are being targeted. The discussion highlights baseline areas of security literacy that are applicable to all users, but then illustrates how variations in individuals’ understanding of threshold concepts could complicate the task of delivering the related education. An approach is proposed in which security education becomes more tailored, recognising factors such as the user’s prior knowledge, learning style, and existing perception of security, leading to a personalised security education plan that is framed towards individual needs.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Vasileiou I. and Furnell S. (2018). Enhancing Security Education - Recognising Threshold Concepts and Other Influencing Factors.In Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP, ISBN 978-989-758-282-0, pages 398-403. DOI: 10.5220/0006646203980403

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icissp18,
author={Ismini Vasileiou and Steven Furnell},
title={Enhancing Security Education - Recognising Threshold Concepts and Other Influencing Factors},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,},
year={2018},
pages={398-403},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006646203980403},
isbn={978-989-758-282-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy - Volume 1: ICISSP,
TI - Enhancing Security Education - Recognising Threshold Concepts and Other Influencing Factors
SN - 978-989-758-282-0
AU - Vasileiou I.
AU - Furnell S.
PY - 2018
SP - 398
EP - 403
DO - 10.5220/0006646203980403