Experimental Investigation of Demographic Factors Related to Phishing Susceptibility

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dc.contributor.authorLi, Wanru
dc.contributor.authorLee, James
dc.contributor.authorPurl, Justin
dc.contributor.authorGreitzer, Frank
dc.contributor.authorYousefi, Bahram
dc.contributor.authorLaskey, Kathryn
dc.date.accessioned2020-01-04T07:36:49Z
dc.date.available2020-01-04T07:36:49Z
dc.date.issued2020-01-07
dc.description.abstractThis paper reports on a simulated phishing experiment targeting 6,938 faculty and staff at George Mason University. The study examined various possible predictors of phishing susceptibility. The focus of the present paper is on demographic factors (including age, gender and position/employment). Since previous studies of age and gender have yielded discrepant results, one purpose of the study was to disambiguate these findings. A second purpose was to compare different types of email phishing exploits. A third objective was to compare the effect of different types of feedback given to those who clicked on one or more of three simulated phishing exploits that were deployed over a three-week period. Our analysis of demographic factors, effects of phishing email content, and effects of repeated exposure to phishing exploits revealed significant age effects, marginally significant gender differences, and significant differences in email type. A multi-level model estimated effects of multiple variables simultaneously.
dc.format.extent10 pages
dc.identifier.doi10.24251/HICSS.2020.274
dc.identifier.isbn978-0-9981331-3-3
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10125/64015
dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 53rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectInside the Insider Threat
dc.subjectdemographic factors
dc.subjectemail content
dc.subjectlanding page
dc.subjectphishing email experiment
dc.subjectphishing susceptibility
dc.titleExperimental Investigation of Demographic Factors Related to Phishing Susceptibility
dc.typeConference Paper
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