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Introduction: Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability Threats in Mobile Phones Read chapter Read first chapter

2016 | OriginalPaper | Chapter

2. A Multinational Survey on Users’ Practices, Perceptions, and Awareness Regarding Mobile Phone Security

Author : Iosif I. Androulidakis

Published in: Mobile Phone Security and Forensics

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

In this chapter, we will present some interesting findings from a large-scale empirical study. It was conducted in a sample of 7172 students studying in 17 Universities of 10 European countries, in order to assess users’ levels of security feeling and awareness in regard to mobile phone communications. As this study revealed, there are categories of users who face increased security risks due to their self-reassuring feeling that mobile phones are per se secure. These users feel that mobile phone communication is secure and tend to be less cautious in their security practices. There was also a statistically backed correlation of an array of demographics and usage characteristics and practices to the overall security level of the user. As such, specific profiles of users were extracted according to their mobile phone objective and subjective security level.

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Metadata
Title
A Multinational Survey on Users’ Practices, Perceptions, and Awareness Regarding Mobile Phone Security
Author
Iosif I. Androulidakis
Copyright Year
2016
Book
Mobile Phone Security and Forensics

Print ISBN: 978-3-319-29741-5

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-29742-2

Copyright Year: 2016

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29742-2_2