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Cost-benefit Analysis Toward Designing Efficient Education Programs for Household Security

Authors:
N'guessan Yves-Roland Douha
Bernard Ousmane Sane
Masahiro Sasabe
Doudou Fall
Yuzo Taenaka
Youki Kadobayashi

Keywords: Cost-benefit analysis; game theory; household security awareness; smart-home security.

Abstract:
The human factor is still a crucial issue in the security chain. People who will live in a smart home might be exposed to many cyber threats due to the remaining lack of Internet of Things (IoT) device security. Cybersecurity awareness training could help households to become more resilient to face cyberattacks. However, the financial costs of training programs and the significant amount of time needed to notice security countermeasures could refrain many smart-home users from engaging in cybersecurity education. In this paper, we propose a game-theoretic approach to analyze the security investment cost-benefit of households. Our numerical results show that the increase of quality of services accessible in a smart home and the security rewards for noticing security countermeasures compared to the potential impacts of cyberattacks will increase the payoffs of households and reinforce the security behaviors. Our results also emphasize the urgent need to address human security toward a more resilient smart home.

Pages: 59 to 68

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2021

Publication date: November 14, 2021

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2162-2116

ISBN: 978-1-61208-919-5

Location: Athens, Greece

Dates: from November 14, 2021 to November 18, 2021