Human Security Behavior Assistance in the Cyber-Physical Space

Abstract

AbstractWith the development of human-computer interaction technology, the concept of space is constantly being extended. As technology continues to be embedded in daily life, the boundaries between the physical world and cyberspace are blurring. We consider this composite environment as a cyber-physical space, which is not only closely connected with the external physical world, but also has the characteristics of technology, virtuality and independence. Human security behaviors in cyber-physical space will be affected by more factors in different environments because they occur in parallel in the two spaces. Therefore, in this new socio-technical system, we need to reconsider how to guide and assist human security behavior. In this paper, we focus on the security behavior in cyber-physical space and the research question of how to provide assistance for it. On the one hand, the characteristics of the environment are considered, that is, the cyber-physical space is the product of technological development. On the other hand, human behavior is affected by their own psychological characteristics and bounded rationality, so the characteristics of the behavior subject are also considered. Starting from the tech-psychological and tech-economic perspectives, we propose that by changing motivation, changing ability, providing appropriate triggers, or using people’s status-quo bias, regress aversion bias, social influence to assist human security behavior based on the persuasive technology and nudge theory. Finally, we summarize the design ideas of human security behavior assistance in cyber-physical space.KeywordsCyber-physical spaceSecurity behavior assistancePersuasive technologyNudge