@article{104,
  author = {Keren L G Snider and Ryan Shandler and Shay Zandani and Daphna Canetti},
  title = {Cyberattacks, cyber threats, and attitudes toward cybersecurity policies},
  abstract = {This study employs a controlled randomized survey experiment design to test the effect of exposure to lethal and nonlethal cyberattacks on support for different types of cybersecurity policies. One thousand twenty-two Israeli participants are exposed to scripted and simulated television reports of lethal or nonlethal cyberattacks against national infrastructure. },
  year = {2021},
  journal = {Oxford University Press (OUP)},
  month = {2021-01-01},
  issn = {2057-2085},
  url = {https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/7/1/tyab019/6382745#406983997},
  doi = {10.1093/cybsec/tyab019},
  note = {Findings suggest that exposure to cyberattacks leads to greater support for stringent cybersecurity regulations, through a mechanism of threat perception. Results also indicate that different types of exposure relate to heightened support for different types of regulatory policies. People exposed to lethal cyberattacks tend to support cybersecurity policies that compel the government to alert citizens about cyberattacks. People who were exposed to nonlethal attacks, on the other hand, tend to support oversight policies at higher levels. More broadly, our research suggests that peoples’ willingness to accept government cybersecurity policies that limit personal civil liberties and privacy depends on the type of cyberattacks to which they were exposed and the perceptions associated with such exposure.},
}