Abstract Cybersecurity is paramount in modern cyberdefense. One important factor linked to reducing human-instigated breaches of cybersecurity includes cyber hygiene. Cyber hygiene is the adaptive knowledge and behavior to mitigate risky online activities that put an individual's social, financial, and personal information at risk – a danger that is significantly compounded when discussing the risk to entire countries as opposed to a single individual. Interestingly, even though the human is the greatest risk to cybersecurity, very little research has examined the latent individual differences associated with developing cyber hygiene-related knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors. Thus, the goal of the present study was to address this gap in cyber hygiene research. The results from 173 university participants demonstrated that several factors, such as information handling, incident reporting, and password management were associated with better cyber hygiene. Individual differences such as trust in technology and intrinsic motivation were predictive of improved cyber hygiene – but were subject to significant sex differences. Differences across academic majors, such as science and technology majors, also emerged. Finally, we discuss the importance of understanding the role of human factors in modern cybersecurity and the potential practical implications associated with refining current course curricula in computer and information sciences.

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整体网络卫生教育：考虑人为因素

摘要 网络安全在现代网络防御中至关重要。与减少人为破坏网络安全相关的一个重要因素包括网络卫生。网络卫生是一种适应性知识和行为，可减轻将个人的社会、财务和个人信息置于危险之中的风险在线活动——当讨论对整个国家而不是单个个人的风险时，这种危险会显着加剧。有趣的是，尽管人类是网络安全的最大风险，但很少有研究检查与发展网络卫生相关知识、态度和行为相关的潜在个体差异。因此，本研究的目标是解决网络卫生研究中的这一差距。来自 173 名大学参与者的结果表明，有几个因素，例如信息处理、事件报告和密码管理与更好的网络卫生相关。对技术的信任和内在动机等个体差异预示着网络卫生的改善——但受显着性别差异的影响。科学和技术专业等学术专业之间的差异也出现了。最后，我们讨论了理解人为因素在现代网络安全中的作用的重要性，以及与完善当前计算机和信息科学课程相关的潜在实际影响。对技术的信任和内在动机等个体差异预示着网络卫生的改善——但受显着性别差异的影响。科学和技术专业等学术专业之间的差异也出现了。最后，我们讨论了理解人为因素在现代网络安全中的作用的重要性，以及与完善当前计算机和信息科学课程相关的潜在实际影响。对技术的信任和内在动机等个体差异预示着网络卫生的改善——但受显着性别差异的影响。科学和技术专业等学术专业之间的差异也出现了。最后，我们讨论了理解人为因素在现代网络安全中的作用的重要性，以及与完善当前计算机和信息科学课程相关的潜在实际影响。