Worldwide diffusion of the Internet is focusing debate around values and attitudes that are likely to vary across cultures, particularly around online freedom of expression, privacy, trust and security. However, we know relatively little about the opinions of users around the world. How do users...

Worldwide diffusion of the Internet is focusing debate around values and attitudes that are likely to vary across cultures, particularly around online freedom of expression, privacy, trust, and security. These are prominent topics of discussion amongst leading Internet stakeholders, such as...

It is assumed that the benefits of building national cyber security capacity are widespread, largely based on common sense, limited case studies, anecdotal evidence, and expert opinion. This paper reports on the early phase of a systematic effort to bring together cross-national data from...

This paper focuses on key economic and social factors underpinning worldwide issues around cybersecurity and, identifies a new agenda for addressing these issues that is being shaped by the Internet and related information and communication technologies, such as social media. All actors in the...

Cybersecurity research is focusing increasing attention on the social aspects of the Internet, such as the attitudes, beliefs and practices of users. A subtle shift in this area of research might be centered around the rise of a ‘security mindset' that would represent a shift away from more...

This paper discusses some of the major issues surrounding trust in e-commerce, by first defining the concept of trust before identifying and examining some trust-enhancing strategies, products and services and their impacts. The conclusion uses this review to highlight key future research...