Incentive design for home computer security

Authors:
Rick Wash
Affiliations:
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Venue:
CHI '07 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Year:
2007

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Abstract

Home computer users frequently lack the skills necessary to ensure proper security. Hackers exploit this to control large networks of computers (.botnets.) that are used for spam, extortion, and fraud. I integrate ideas from psychology and economics to design software that provides incentives that induce better security choices by home computer users.