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Exploring consumer information-security awareness and preparedness of Data-Breach events
Citation
Nield, J and Scanlan, J and Roehrer, EL, Exploring consumer information-security awareness and preparedness of Data-Breach events, Library Trends, 68, (4) pp. 611-635. ISSN 0024-2594 (2020) [Refereed Article]
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© 2020 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois
DOI: doi:10.1353/lib.2020.0014
Abstract
The continuous increase of digital connectivity has improved the capability that businesses have for the collection, manipulation, and distribution of data. Due to shortfalls in security, this capability has resulted in data-breach events being a weekly occurrence globally. Notification of these events is becoming commonplace, in part fueled by notification legislation in many jurisdictions. As of February 2018, mandatory reporting of data breaches came into force in Australia (Australian Notifiable Data Breaches scheme [NDB]), and this was followed by European legislation (GDPR) coming into force in May of the same year. This study aims to establish current levels of information-security awareness within typical consumers in Australia, their awareness of these legislative changes, and their ability to respond to such a notification of their personal information being leaked from a service or system. The research results suggest that consumers had a high level of information-security awareness, yet low awareness of notification legislation. The discussion revealed that expected outcomes primarily drove stakeholder behavior in relation to data-breach and legislation preparedness.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | databreach, information security, consumer awareness, NDB |
Research Division: | Information and Computing Sciences |
Research Group: | Library and information studies |
Research Field: | Human information interaction and retrieval |
Objective Division: | Expanding Knowledge |
Objective Group: | Expanding knowledge |
Objective Field: | Expanding knowledge in the information and computing sciences |
UTAS Author: | Nield, J (Mr Jonathan Nield) |
UTAS Author: | Scanlan, J (Dr Joel Scanlan) |
UTAS Author: | Roehrer, EL (Dr Erin Roehrer) |
ID Code: | 141491 |
Year Published: | 2020 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 1 |
Deposited By: | Information and Communication Technology |
Deposited On: | 2020-10-24 |
Last Modified: | 2021-09-24 |
Downloads: | 0 |
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