Description
Smart Internet-of-Things (IoT) devices in our homes brings many new benefits, such as convenience, comfort, entertainment, energy management and home security, but also brings new risks to our privacy and security. This contribution discusses nine important questions in relation to the human dimensions of these risks. These questions need to be addressed in order to protect people against these risks, while allowing them to enjoy the benefits. These questions focus both on gaining insights into how to reduce the chance of breaches occurring, as well as on how to make people more resilient when privacy and security breaches occur. A literature review provides initial answer to some of these questions and shows that users have insufficient awareness and understanding of the privacy and security risks and take little protective action. More research is needed to develop effective interventions that promote prevention of privacy and security breaches. Additionally, there is currently too little insight on how people experience and respond to actual privacy and security breaches and on effective interventions that can limit harm from these breaches. To address these questions and to develop effective interventions, cooperation between scientific disciplines, industrial stakeholders and policy makers is needed.| Period | 5 Nov 2024 |
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| Held at | University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom |
| Degree of Recognition | International |