Compliance with security guidelines in teenagers

What drives teenagers to comply with computer password guidelines? Using an extended form of protection motivation theory (PMT) (Rogers, 1983), we found that even if teenage users believe they are susceptible being hacked, or hacked would be detrimental, it has no bearing on their choices. Other motives outside PMT also drive security behaviour. Personal norms fully mediate the relationship between perceived severity threat and compliance intentions such is not sufficient encourage compliance. Teenagers must actually feel obligated comply. While personal may compliance, concerns about feeling embarrassed ashamed social media accounts into encourages On other hand, peer influence, as fear teased someone hacking account, discourages Our study contributes understanding early practices highlights potential differences adult behaviours consider in future studies. For example, our findings suggest guidelines alone will suffice ensure compliance; need enforced rules at authentication level eliminate any opportunity violate rules. benefit children parents well organizations have changed work enable employees from home, but which places danger clicking malicious links parents’ computers. To knowledge, this first applies examine computer-based teenagers.