The Restrictive Deterrent Effect of Warning Banners in a Compromised Computer System

• In Event: Media and the Internet

Abstract

System trespassing, which refers to the unauthorized access of computer systems, has rapidly become a worldwide phenomenon. Despite growing concern, criminological literature has paid system trespassing little attention. The current study utilizes data gathered from a Chinese computer network to examine system trespasser behavior after exposure to one of three warning messages (or no message) in the context of deterrence theory.

Authors

• Christian Jordan Howell, University of South Florida

• David Maimon, University of Maryland

• John Cochran, University of South Florida

• Hattie Jones, BBP Law School