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Measuring the Effectiveness of U.S. Government Security Awareness Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study (Short Paper)

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Author(s)

Jody Jacobs, Julie Haney, Susanne M. Furman

Abstract

This paper presents our research from our mixed-methods study analyzing how organizations determine security awareness program effectiveness. This paper is being submitted to the Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022) 8th Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW 2022) co-located with the 31st USENIX Security Symposium, August 7–9, 2022, in Boston, MA, USA.
Proceedings Title
Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022) 8th Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW 2022). This workshop aims to develop and stimulate discussion about security information workers.
Conference Dates
August 7-9, 2022
Conference Location
Boston, MA, US
Conference Title
Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022) 8th Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW 2022)
Pub Type
Conferences

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Keywords

measures of effectiveness, security awareness programs, mixed-methods
Usability and human factors and Cybersecurity education and workforce development

Citation

Jacobs, J. , Haney, J. and Furman, S. (2022), Measuring the Effectiveness of U.S. Government Security Awareness Programs: A Mixed-Methods Study (Short Paper), Eighteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2022) 8th Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW 2022). This workshop aims to develop and stimulate discussion about security information workers., Boston, MA, US, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=934952 (Accessed October 9, 2025)

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Created July 14, 2022, Updated September 15, 2023
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