In this episode of Cyber Ways, Tom and Craig discuss a classic behavioral security paper that explores how users rationalize their purposeful violations of security policy. Listen and learn the six common rationalizations and what security managers can do to reduce their effects.
Citation:
Siponen, M., & Vance, A. (2010). Neutralization: new insights into the problem of employee information systems security policy violations, MIS Quarterly, 34(3), 487-502.
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