Anderson, Niall;
Blythe, John;
Lefevre, Carmen;
Michie, Susan;
(2023)
Maintaining cyberhygiene in the Internet of Things (IoT): An expert consensus study of requisite user behaviours.
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The Internet of Things (IoT) connects computing devices embedded in everyday objects via the internet, enabling them to send and receive data. Little is known about behaviours required to protect IoT users. The study sought to develop expert consensus on the key protective behaviours, risk behaviours, and threats for IoT cybersecurity. An online, three-round Delphi consensus study was conducted with IoT experts. In Round One, experts’ responses to open-ended questions were analysed using inductive and content analyses to categorise them into behavioural categories. In Round Two, experts rated the importance of protective behaviours, and the likelihood that risk behaviours and threats would lead to IoT breaches. In Round Three experts re-evaluated their responses based on their own and the group’s responses. Experts agreed that 28 protective behaviours, one risk behaviour, and six threats were critical for IoT cyberhygiene. Five of the top 10 protective behaviours for conventional computing were also deemed important for IoT, i.e. ‘_Limit sharing of your personal information with devices’_,_ ‘Keep your IoT devices updated’_;_ ‘Read articles about IoT security, safety and privacy risks’, ‘Use a strong firewall’, and ‘Use strong passwords on devices, networks and services_’. The study provided information on the key behaviours and threats for IoT settings, and the extent to which recommendations for conventional computing settings may also be suitable for IoT settings. These findings can inform the development of tailored behaviour change interventions to improve cybersecurity.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Maintaining cyberhygiene in the Internet of Things (IoT): An expert consensus study of requisite user behaviours |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.32388/kir04h |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.32388/KIR04H |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third-party material in this article are included in the Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Clinical, Edu and Hlth Psychology |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10172601 |
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