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Advances in Human Factors in Cybersecurity

Proceedings of the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, July 21-25, 2018, Loews Sapphire Falls Resort at Universal Studios, Orlando, Florida, USA

  • Offers a bridge between technical and behavioral element of cybersecurity
  • Reports on findings concerning the social, economic and behavioral aspects of cyberspace
  • Describes measures to improve personnel management and cyber awareness

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Table of contents (23 papers)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Cybersecurity Tools and Analytics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. A Simulation-Based Approach to Development of a New Insider Threat Detection Technique: Active Indicators

      • Valarie A. Yerdon, Ryan W. Wohleber, Gerald Matthews, Lauren E. Reinerman-Jones
      Pages 3-14
    3. Biometric Electronic Signature Security

      • Phillip H. Griffin
      Pages 15-22
    4. Convenience or Strength? Aiding Optimal Strategies in Password Generation

      • Michael Stainbrook, Nicholas Caporusso
      Pages 23-32
    5. A Metric to Assess Cyberattacks

      • Wayne Patterson, Michael Ekonde Sone
      Pages 33-43
    6. Measuring Application Security

      • Christopher Horn, Anita D‘Amico
      Pages 44-55
    7. Exploring Older Adult Susceptibility to Fraudulent Computer Pop-Up Interruptions

      • Phillip L. Morgan, Emma J. Williams, Nancy A. Zook, Gary Christopher
      Pages 56-68
    8. A Game-Theoretical Model of Ransomware

      • Nicholas Caporusso, Singhtararaksme Chea, Raied Abukhaled
      Pages 69-78
    9. Graphical Authentication Schemes: Balancing Amount of Image Distortion

      • Lauren N. Tiller, Ashley A. Cain, Lucas N. Potter, Jeremiah D. Still
      Pages 88-98
  3. Privacy and Cybersecurity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 99-99
    2. What’s Your Password? Exploring Password Choice Conformity in Group Decision Making

      • Imani N. Sherman, Anna Williams, Kiana Alikhademi, Simone Smarr, Armisha Roberts, Juan E. Gilbert
      Pages 101-107
    3. Using Dark Web Crawler to Uncover Suspicious and Malicious Websites

      • Mandeep Pannu, Iain Kay, Daniel Harris
      Pages 108-115
    4. Toward Robust Models of Cyber Situation Awareness

      • Ian A. Cooke, Alexander Scott, Kasia Sliwinska, Novia Wong, Soham V. Shah, Jihun Liu et al.
      Pages 127-137
    5. Training Cyber Security Exercise Facilitator: Behavior Modeling Based on Human Error

      • Shiho Taniuchi, Tomomi Aoyama, Haruna Asai, Ichiro Koshijima
      Pages 138-148
    6. Who Shares What with Whom? Information Sharing Preferences in the Online and Offline Worlds

      • Chang Liu, Hsiao-Ying Huang, Dolores Albarracin, Masooda Bashir
      Pages 149-158
    7. Worker’s Privacy Protection in Mobile Crowdsourcing Platform

      • Amal Albilali, Maysoon Abulkhair
      Pages 159-170
    8. Design and Operation Framework for Industrial Control System Security Exercise

      • Haruna Asai, Tomomi Aoyama, Ichiro Koshijima
      Pages 171-183

About this book

This book reports on the latest research and developments in the field of cybersecurity, particularly focusing on personal security and new methods for reducing human error and increasing cyber awareness, as well as innovative solutions for increasing the security of advanced Information Technology (IT) infrastructures. It covers a broad range of topics, including methods for human training; novel cyber-physical and process-control systems; social, economic, and behavioral aspects of cyberspace; issues concerning the cybersecurity index; security metrics for enterprises; and risk evaluation. Based on the AHFE 2018 International Conference on Human Factors in Cybersecurity, held on July 21–25, 2018, in Orlando, Florida, USA, the book not only presents innovative cybersecurity technologies, but also discusses emerging threats, current gaps in the available systems, and future challenges that can be successfully overcome with the help of human factors research.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA

    Tareq Z. Ahram

  • Soar Technology Inc., Orlando, USA

    Denise Nicholson

Bibliographic Information

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eBook USD 129.00
Price excludes VAT (USA)
  • Available as EPUB and PDF
  • Read on any device
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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  • Compact, lightweight edition
  • Dispatched in 3 to 5 business days
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