Date of Award
5-2025
Culminating Project Type
Starred Paper
Styleguide
apa
Degree Name
Information Assurance: M.S.
Department
Information Assurance and Information Systems
College
Herberger School of Business
First Advisor
Mark Schmidt
Second Advisor
Erich Rice
Third Advisor
Balasubramanian Kasi
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Keywords and Subject Headings
phishing susceptibility, college majors, cybersecurity, human factors, awareness training, methodology development
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to summarize the findings of earlier phishing susceptibility research in the academic context. It will further use these findings to create a theoretical methodology to obtain better results that can verify the statement that university students are more tech savvy and thus less susceptible to phishing than the general population. Since the proposed methodology has a negative goal (debunk earlier statements), it is also important that other parameters are included in the research methodology (e.g. sex, race, age, background, technical environment, social aspects, etc.). When executed, the research results could contribute to the creation of a new or better phishing awareness program for college students.
Recommended Citation
Noble, Bert, "Developing a Theoretical Methodology for Assessing Phishing Susceptibility in an Academic Context" (2025). Culminating Projects in Information Assurance. 147.
https://repository.stcloudstate.edu/msia_etds/147
