The impacts of technological and personal factors on the security awareness of smartphone users : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Science In Information Technology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand.

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dc.contributor.authorJaber, Rawan Abdulrahman
dc.date.accessioned2016-10-05T01:00:19Z
dc.date.available2016-10-05T01:00:19Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractWith the increasing popularity of mobile devices (e.g. smartphones) and the resulting security risk (e.g. cybercriminals seeking to compromise devices to target user information), enhanced user security awareness is critical in securing the devices and the data. This research investigates that what technological and personal factors affect smartphone users’ security awareness. An online (web-based) survey was conducted between September 2015 and March 2016 to explore the impacts of technological factors (e.g. platforms and applications) and personal factors (e.g. educational and technological backgrounds, gender and age, and ethnicity) on smartphone users’ security awareness. Findings from the analysis of 919 responses indicate that the factors that are statistically significant in relation to smartphone security awareness are technological backgrounds, educational levels, downloading apps, installed apps, and using cracked apps.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/9921
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMassey Universityen_US
dc.rightsThe Authoren_US
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::TECHNOLOGY::Information technology::Telecommunicationen_US
dc.subjectSecurity awarenessen_US
dc.subjectSmartphone securityen_US
dc.subjectPersonal factorsen_US
dc.subjectTechnological factorsen_US
dc.subjectSmartphone usersen_US
dc.titleThe impacts of technological and personal factors on the security awareness of smartphone users : A thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Information Science In Information Technology at Massey University, Albany, New Zealand.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
massey.contributor.authorJaber, Rawan Abdulrahmanen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineInformation technologyen_US
thesis.degree.grantorMassey Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Information Science (M. Inf. Sc.)en_US
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