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Authors: Peter Banyasz, Pal Karoly Laska, Tamas Szadeczky, Kincso Boroka Vaczi
CEEeGov '24: Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 2024
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Published: 12 September 2024 Publication History
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Abstract
The current study endeavors to explore the linkages between the Dark Triad personality traits, namely narcissism, Machiavellianism, and psychopathy, and the attitudes towards cybersecurity among university students who are registered in an information security awareness course. The research involved administering a self-report questionnaire to 29 students that included queries on the Dark Triad personality scale and cybersecurity attitudes. The research will use a mixed-methods approach to analyse the data, including quantitative such as descriptive statistics, cross-tabulation analysis, cluster analysis. The findings of this study may offer insights that could aid in the development of customized information security training programs and the enhancement of cyber threat management.
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The relationship between the dark triad personality and cybersecurity
Applied computing
Law, social and behavioral sciences
Psychology
Security and privacy
Human and societal aspects of security and privacy
Social aspects of security and privacy
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CEEeGov '24: Proceedings of the Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 2024
September 2024
303 pages
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DOI:10.1145/3670243
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- Dark Triad
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CEEeGov 2024: Central and Eastern European eDem and eGov Days 2024
September 12 - 13, 2024
Budapest, Hungary
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