Work

Cybersecurity competence of older adult users of mobile devices

Year: 2024

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This work reports on a cross-sectional study on device proficiency, support availability and cybersecurity competence of older adult users of smartphones and/or tablets. Results indicate that cybersecurity competence is associated with both device proficiency and support availability although the variance explained is relatively low. There were no differences in cybersecurity competence between users and non-users of either mobile devices. Users of both smartphones and tablets had significantly higher device proficiency than non-users. Users of tablets had significantly higher support availability than non-users while there were no significant differences between users and non-users of smartphones.

Source: European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference (EICC)

DOI: 10.1145/3655693.3656551

Authors: Simon Vrhovec, Igor Bernik, Damjan Fujs, Damjan Vavpotič

Institutions: University of Maribor, University of Ljubljana

Language: English

Topic: Technology Use by Older Adults

Subfield: Geriatrics and Gerontology

Field: Medicine

Domain: Health Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

Funder: Javna Agencija za Raziskovalno Dejavnost RS