Social Networking and Personal Data Security: A Study of Attitudes and Public Awareness in Ireland
This paper reports the findings of a study of attitudes towards data security issues and awareness of the potential risks of social networking sites, most notably the possibility of identity fraud. The population for this study is people in the 18-24 age group living in Ireland, for which the students of one of the countrys main universities were used as a proxy sample. The main findings is that many people have a very casual attitude towards data backup and password protection, a considerable number are not adequately aware of the threats posed by viruses transmitted via portable devices and other such means, and a lot of young people are openly publishing personal information of a sensitive nature that could potentially be maliciously exploited.
component social networking data security public awareness
Michael Lang Jonathan Devitt Se(a)n Kelly Andrew Kinneen John OMalley Darren Prunty
J.E.Cairnes School of Business & Economics NUI Galway, Ireland
国际会议
南昌
英文
486-489
2009-09-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）