Whether we know it or not, our behaviors, including those related to cybersecurity, are influenced by others. Sometimes this is obvious, such as when we read reviews before reserving a hotel room, but often the effects are more subtle. In this episode of Cyber Ways, Dr. Merrill Warkentin of Mississippi State University joins us to discuss his 2020 paper, "Can Secure Behaviors be Contagious? A Two-Stage Investigation of the Influence of Herd Behavior on Security Decisions, which was published in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems. Dr. Warkentin co-authored the paper with Dr. Ali Vedadi of Middle Tennessee State University.

Vedadi, A., & Warkentin, M. (2020). Can secure behaviors be contagious? A two-stage investigation of the influence of herd behavior on security decisions. Journal of the Association for Information Systems, 21(2), 428-459. doi: 10.17705/1jais.00607.

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