Abstract

School-age youth usually do not adopt proper cybersecurity practices and they are not protected by a security framework. The awareness and behavior of young people regarding cybersecurity is underexplored in current IS literature. Our study aims to explore the phenomenon through the lens of behavioral economics and investigate how to persuade young people to accept security advice using the concept of nudging.

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Nudging Young People Towards Safe Internet Behavior

School-age youth usually do not adopt proper cybersecurity practices and they are not protected by a security framework. The awareness and behavior of young people regarding cybersecurity is underexplored in current IS literature. Our study aims to explore the phenomenon through the lens of behavioral economics and investigate how to persuade young people to accept security advice using the concept of nudging.