An Empirical Analysis of Undergraduate Information Systems Security Behaviors

José García-Berná, Sofia Ouhbi, José Luis Fernández-Alemán, Ana Sánchez-García

2024

Abstract

The growing concern within healthcare organizations about the privacy of personal health data emphasizes how critical it is to address security and privacy issues, especially for nurses who handle sensitive data on a daily basis. In order to understand the habits and awareness of nursing degree students with regard to the protection of patients’ personal data, this study focuses on evaluating their security behavior. The purpose of the 21-item questionnaire was to provide insight into the data security practices of 95 fourth-year nursing students and 167 second-year nursing students. The findings indicated that students in their second year of study had more robust password practices than those in their fourth year, who in turn showed a propensity to click on potentially hazardous links more frequently. In light of the fact that nursing professionals will unavoidably work with large amounts of medical data in their future positions, the findings point to the necessity of raising awareness of and providing education on data protection.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

García-Berná J., Ouhbi S., Luis Fernández-Alemán J. and Sánchez-García A. (2024). An Empirical Analysis of Undergraduate Information Systems Security Behaviors. In Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF; ISBN 978-989-758-688-0, SciTePress, pages 620-627. DOI: 10.5220/0012430700003657

in Bibtex Style

@conference{healthinf24,
author={José García-Berná and Sofia Ouhbi and José Luis Fernández-Alemán and Ana Sánchez-García},
title={An Empirical Analysis of Undergraduate Information Systems Security Behaviors},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF},
year={2024},
pages={620-627},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0012430700003657},
isbn={978-989-758-688-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 17th International Joint Conference on Biomedical Engineering Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: HEALTHINF
TI - An Empirical Analysis of Undergraduate Information Systems Security Behaviors
SN - 978-989-758-688-0
AU - García-Berná J.
AU - Ouhbi S.
AU - Luis Fernández-Alemán J.
AU - Sánchez-García A.
PY - 2024
SP - 620
EP - 627
DO - 10.5220/0012430700003657
PB - SciTePress