Interesting research from Stuart Schechter et.al.
here.
They evaluated the effect that the removal or modification of online banking
sites’ security features had on the users’ behavior (as for entering or
withholding their passwords). Maybe for some of you not too surprising it turned
out that the vast majority of users entered their passwords even if obviously
alarming clues were present on the websites.
This, again, shows how important it is to understand how users behave, what
their motives and incentives are and how to build environments that help them
acting securely. This even more applies to corporate space. At times, bringing
an industrial/organizational psychologist in might be a much better investment
than writing yet-another-ignored-piece-of-policy.
have a great sunny sunday everybody,
Enno