WMS research seminar: 'My Home, My Castle – The New Frontline for Enterprise Cybersecurity '
Date | Monday 21 June 2021 |
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Time | 10am - 11am |
Where | MSB.1.21, Level One, Waikato Management School |
Presenter | Professor Annette Mills (University of Canterbury) |
Contact | Amanda Wilson |
Contact email | amanda.wilson@waikato.ac.nz |
Admission Cost | Free |
It is said that people are the weakest link in IT security. But today we have a new frontline - the home computer user.
In this 21 June research seminar, Professor of Information Systems Dr Annette Mills (University of Canterbury) will discuss how the home office and other forms of remote working are changing how and where we work, blurring the lines of enterprise IT security.
This event is hosted by Waikato Management School and is open to all staff and students. Registration not required, just turn up on the day.
As mobility increases and people become more untethered from office settings, the opportunities for security breaches increase. Unlike the challenges of bring-your-own-device (BYOD), Professor Mills says working remotely or from home opens up many security risks as users move between different devices and ways of connecting, and share their workspaces with others.
"This situation has been further exasperated by COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders. Studies show that since the pandemic began in 2020, cyber attacks on home users have increased five-fold," she says.
"While people are often aware of the risk of a security breach, they may not know what to do to prevent one. And despite what many may think, adequate security does not come with our devices."
Additional security software, using strong passwords, avoiding public wifi, and being vigilant about the files we download are all critical.
In this research seminar, Professor Mills will talk about the attitudes, perceptions and actions of home computer users, how they perceive security threats and coping responses, and share findings from her recent research.
Her research interests focus on the use and impacts of IT on people in relation to health and well-being, user satisfaction, and personal information privacy and security. Her work has applications in business, health IT/systems, and emergency management.
She has been published in a number of peer-reviewed journals, including MIS Quarterly, Information and Management, Journal of Knowledge Management, Information Systems Frontiers, Journal of Travel & Tourism Marketing, and Communications of the AIS.
She currently serves as a senior editor for The Database for Advances in Information Systems, and IT & People ;and as section editor for the Australian Journal of Information Systems.