The structure of the sense of security, anshin

  • Authors:
  • Yuko Murayama;Natsuko Hikage;Yasuhiro Fujihara;Carl Hauser

  • Affiliations:
  • Graduate school of software and Information science, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan;Graduate school of software and Information science, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan;Graduate school of software and Information science, Iwate Prefectural University, Iwate, Japan;School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Washington State University, Pullman

  • Venue:
  • CRITIS'07 Proceedings of the Second international conference on Critical Information Infrastructures Security
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Traditional research on security has been based on the assumption that a user feels secure when provided with secure systems and services. In this research we address factors influencing users' sense of security. This paper reports our recent discoveries regarding the structure of the sense of security — Anshin. We conducted a questionnaire survey regarding the sense of security. Results using exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and structural equation modeling (SEM) identified six factors contributing to the sense of security. Furthermore, the structure of the sense of security is divided into two parts: personal and environmental.