Research Thrusts + Current Projects
Empirical Research
- Cross-domain transfer of protective attitudes and behaviors
- Security + privacy concerns for vulnerable users of social media
- Categorizing "dangerous" vs. hateful memes at scale
- Password manager adoption
Everyday Interventions
- Cybersecurity Buddy program
- Security/Privacy "Fitness" Tracker
Adoption Strategies
- Psychometric scales and models
- Security Score for end users
- Behavior change models
Research Papers
- Sauvik Das, Cori Faklaris, Jason I. Hong, and Laura A. Dabbish. 2022. The Security & Privacy Acceptance Framework (SPAF). Foundations and TrendsĀ® in Privacy and Security (December 2022): Vol. 5: No. 1-2, pp 1-143. http://dx.doi.org/10.1561/3300000026. Available at: https://corifaklaris.com/files/spaf_preprint.pdf
- Serena Wang, Cori Faklaris, Junchao Lin, Jason I. Hong, and Laura Dabbish. 2022. "It's Problematic but I'm not Concerned": University
Perspectives on Account Sharing. In Proc. ACM Hum.-Comput. Interact. 6, CSCW1, Article 68 (April 2022), 27 pages. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Available at: https://corifaklaris.com/files/campus_sharing.pdf
- Cori Faklaris, Laura Dabbish, and Jason I. Hong. 2022. Do They Accept or Resist Cybersecurity Measures? Development and Validation of the 13-Item Security Attitude Inventory (SA-13). arxiv preprint and white paper, 55 pages. Carnegie Mellon University. Available at: https://socialcybersecurity.org/files/SA13paper.pdf
- Cori Faklaris, Laura Dabbish, and Jason I. Hong. 2022. Experimental Evidence for Using a TTM Stages of Change Model in Boosting Progress Toward 2FA Adoption. arxiv preprint and white paper, 41 pages. Carnegie Mellon University. Available at: https://arxiv.org/abs/2205.06937
- Yunpeng Song, Cori Faklaris, Zhongmin Cai,
Jason I. Hong, and Laura Dabbish. 2019. Normal and Easy: Account Sharing Practices in the Workplace. In Proceedings of the ACM: Human-Computer Interaction, Vol. 3, Issue CSCW, November 2019. ACM, New York, NY, USA. Available at: https://socialcybersecurity.org/files/CSCW2019_NormalAndEasy.pdf
- Cori Faklaris, Laura Dabbish and
Jason I. Hong. 2019. A Self-Report Measure of End-User Security Attitudes (SA-6). In Proceedings of the
Fifteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2019).
USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA, USA. Available at: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/soups2019-faklaris.pdf
- Cheul Young Park, Cori Faklaris, Siyan Zhao, Alex Sciuto, Laura Dabbish and
Jason I. Hong. 2018. Share and Share Alike? An Exploration of Secure
Behaviors in Romantic Relationships. In Proceedings of the
Fourteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security (SOUPS 2018).
USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA, USA. Available at: https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/soups2018/soups2018-park.pdf
- Cori Faklaris. 2018. Social Cybersecurity and the Help
Desk: New Ideas for IT Professionals to Foster Secure Workgroup
Behaviors. Workshop paper in the Proceedings of the 4th
Workshop on Security Information Workers (WSIW 2018), Aug. 12,
2018,in Baltimore, MD, USA. USENIX Association, Berkeley, CA,
USA. DOI: https://doi.
org/10.13140/RG.2.2.35580.23686
Research Posters
- Cori Faklaris, Laura Dabbish and Jason Hong. 2018.
Adapting the Transtheoretical Model for the Design of
Security Interventions. Poster and abstract for the
Fourteenth Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security Adjunct
(SOUPS 2018), Aug. 12-14, 2018,in Baltimore, MD, USA. USENIX
Association, Berkeley, CA, USA. DOI:
https://doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.15447.57760