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Evaluation of a Tool to Increase Cybersecurity Awareness Among Non-experts (SME Employees)

Abstract

Humans are the weak link in cybersecurity, hence, this paper considers the human factor in cybersecurity and how the customer journey approach can be used to increase cybersecurity awareness. The Customer Journey Modelling Language (CJML) is used to document and visualise a service process. We expand the CJML formalism to encompass cybersecurity and develop an easy-to-use web application as a supporting tool for training and awareness. We present the results from the usability test with ten persons in the target group and report on usability and feasibility. All participants managed to finish the test, and most participants indicated that the tool was easy to use. By using the tool, non-expert users can make user journey diagrams showing basic conformance in a short time without professional training. For the threat diagram, half of the users achieved full conformance. In conclusion, the tool can serve as low-threshold cybersecurity awareness training for SME employees. We discuss th e limitations and validity of the results and future work to improve the tool’s usability.
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Category

Academic article

Client

  • EC/H2020 / 883188

Language

English

Affiliation

  • University of Oslo
  • SINTEF Digital / Sustainable Communication Technologies

Year

2023

Published in

ICISSP

ISSN

2184-4356

Publisher

SciTePress

Volume

1

Page(s)

509 - 518

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