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Metacognitive Skills in Phishing Email Detection: A Study of Calibration and Resolution

  • University of Tennessee
  • University of Texas at Arlington

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Abstract

Metacognition plays important roles in human judgments. In this study, we study two types of metacognitive skills, namely calibration and resolution, in individuals’ judgments of phishing emails. Drawing upon the Probabilistic Mental Model (PMM) and past research on phishing detection, we examine individual- and task-related factors and their impacts on both skills. Results from an online survey experiment show that task-related factors (i.e., email familiarity, judgment time, variability of judgment time, and task easiness) influence calibration while both task- and individual-related factors (i.e., online transaction experience, victimization experience, email entity familiarity, and variability of judgment time) influence resolution. Interventions to improve individuals’ metacognition in phishing email detection are discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationSecure Knowledge Management In The Artificial Intelligence Era - 9th International Conference, SKM 2021, Proceedings
EditorsRam Krishnan, H. Raghav Rao, Sanjay K. Sahay, Sagar Samtani, Ziming Zhao
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages37-47
Number of pages11
ISBN (Print)9783030975319
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event9th International Conference On Secure Knowledge Management In Artificial Intelligence Era, SKM 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Oct 8 2021Oct 9 2021

Publication series

NameCommunications in Computer and Information Science
Volume1549 CCIS
ISSN (Print)1865-0929
ISSN (Electronic)1865-0937

Conference

Conference9th International Conference On Secure Knowledge Management In Artificial Intelligence Era, SKM 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/8/2110/9/21

Keywords

  • Calibration
  • Detection of phishing email
  • Metacognition
  • Probabilistic Mental Model
  • Resolution

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