Finding the weakest links in the weakest link: How well do undergraduate students make cybersecurity judgment?

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Highlights：

• Ordinary users rather than technology systems are considered the weakest link in cybersecurity.

• Cybersecurity judgment were assessed to identify specific weakest links of the weakest link.

• Three specific weakest links are found, while average percentage correct was 65%.

• These earliest benchmarking data help design prevention and intervention programs.

摘要

•Ordinary users rather than technology systems are considered the weakest link in cybersecurity.•Cybersecurity judgment were assessed to identify specific weakest links of the weakest link.•Three specific weakest links are found, while average percentage correct was 65%.•These earliest benchmarking data help design prevention and intervention programs.

论文关键词：The weakest link phenomenon,Cybersecurity,Cybersecurity behavior,Cybersecurity judgment,Intuitive judgement,Rational judgement,Media literacy

论文评审过程：Received 12 November 2017, Revised 14 February 2018, Accepted 15 February 2018, Available online 20 February 2018, Version of Record 17 March 2018.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2018.02.019