ASSIGNMENT
Cybercrime is inescapable, it seems. Nowadays, the question is not if we will become a victim of cybercrime, but when. Still, we should always do our best to keep ourselves as safe as we can. Unfortunately, we people are not the best at adhering to cybersecurity rules (when was the last time you changed your vital passwords?).
In this internship, you will help with the set-up of a new research project to help define and stimulate behaviour change with respect to cybersecurity behaviour. The study will focus on stimulating people to use password managers, employing a longitudinal study. We will specifically look at whether showing people personalised prompts will make people more likely to start using a password manager.
The internship student has to be willing to do a limited literature review, collaborate to construct the study of crime, and collect data. Your own contribution to this study is valued and highly appreciated!
KEYWORDS
Cybercrime; behaviour change; crime prevention.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION ORGANIZATION
The section Psychology of Conflict, Risk and Safety at the University of Twente has a distinctive and unique profile in the areas of risk perception and risk communication, conflict and crisis management and the antecedents of risky, antisocial and criminal behaviour. It currently includes 16 research staff members and 8 PhD students. We work from both a psychology and an engineering perspective and cooperate with other scientific disciplines, based on the “high tech, human touch” profile of the University of Twente.
AVAILABILITY
Usually anytime. This internship is open to 2 students.
INTERESTED?
Please contact the internship coordinator Miriam Oostinga (m.s.d.oostinga@utwente.nl).
LITERATURE
- Bullee, J. W., & Junger, M. (2020). How effective are social engineering interventions? A meta-analysis. Information & Computer Security, 28(5), 801-830.
- Kankane, S., DiRusso, C., & Buckley, C. (2018, April). Can we nudge users toward better password management? an initial study. In Extended Abstracts of the 2018 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (pp. 1-6).