Cybersecurity Training Is Boring

Computers & Security Available online 17 April 2021, 102281 In Press, Journal Pre-proof “Get a red-hot poker and open up my eyes, it's so boring”¹¹: Employee perceptions of cybersecurity training A Reeves (Conceptualization; Methodology; Data curation; original draft; Preparation) ¹ ✉, D Calic (Conceptualization; Methodology; Data curation; Supervision; reviewing & editing) ², P Delfabbro (Conceptualization; Methodology; Supervision; reviewing & editing) ¹ ¹ School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, South Australia ² Defence Science and Technology Group, Edinburgh, South Australia Received 31 July 2020, Revised 14 February 2021, Accepted 5 March 2021, Available online 17 April 2021.

A screenshot of an academic paper from Computers & Security shows the title “Get a red-hot poker and open up my eyes, it's so boring”: Employee perceptions of cybersecurity training. The joke is that cybersecurity training is portrayed as painfully dull, using an exaggerated quote to express how employees feel during mandatory workplace training. EN: A screenshot of an academic paper from Computers & Security shows the title “Get a red-hot poker and open up my eyes, it's so boring”: Employee perceptions of cybersecurity training. The joke is that cybersecurity training is portrayed as painfully dull, using an exaggerated quote to express how employees feel during mandatory workplace training.

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