2021/09/09 by Luka Jelovčan, Jelovčan, Luka, Simon Vrhovec +3
Computer Science · Social Sciences · #Cloud Data Security Solutions #Cryptography and Security (cs.CR) #FOS: Computer and information sciences #Information and Cyber Security #Privacy, Security, and Data Protection #cs.CR
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2109.04132
arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:2104.07712, arXiv:2109.00837
arxiv created 2021/09/09 · openalex publication_date 2021/09/09 · arxiv updated 2021/09/10 · openalex created_date 2021/09/13 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
This paper reports on a study aiming to explore factors associated with motivation of individuals in organizations to protect against cyberattacks. The objectives of this study were to determine how fear of cyberattacks, perceived severity, perceived vulnerability, perceived threats, measure efficacy, self-efficacy, measure costs, mandatoriness and psychological reactance are associated with protection motivation of individuals in organizations. The study employed a cross-sectional research design. A survey was conducted among academics at six Slovenian universities between June and September 2017. A total of 324 respondents completed the survey (7.6 percent response rate) providing for N=255 useful responses after excluding poorly completed responses. The survey questionnaire was developed in English. A Slovenian translation of the survey questionnaire is available.