Secure Comics: An Interactive Comic Series for Improving Cyber Security and Privacy

We designed, illustrated, and developed Secure Comics, an online educational interactive comic series about cyber security and privacy. The three-part comic was evaluated with adults and children, and had positive effects on users understanding of security and privacy information, and improved their secure and privacy- aware behaviour.

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Leah Zhang-Kennedy

Robert Biddle

Sonia Chiasson

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Publication date: July 2017

Publication date (Print): July 2017

Pages: 1-3

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[0001]Carleton University

Ottawa, Canada

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/HCI2017.65

SO-VID: 14510ee6-d238-4212-8be3-109aa48e73ce

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Conference name: Proceedings of the 31st International BCS Human Computer Interaction Conference (HCI 2017)

Conference acronym: HCI

Conference number: 31

Conference location: Sunderland, UK

Conference date: 3 - 6 July 2017

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: digital make-believe, with delegates considering our expansive

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1477-9358 BCS Learning & Development

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Secure Comics are available online at: http://www.versipass.com/edusec/securecomics
Secure Comics are available on ipads at: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/secure-comics/id1130794100?mt=8
L. Zhang-KennedyK. BaigS. Chiasson 2017 Engaging children about online privacy through storytelling in an interactive comic (to appear) In British HCI. BCS BHCI
L. Zhang-KennedyS. ChiassonR. Biddle 2016 The role of instructional design in persuasion: A comics approach for improving cybersecurity International Journal of HumanComputer Interaction 32 3 215 257

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[1] Secure Comics are available online at: http://www.versipass.com/edusec/securecomics

[2] Secure Comics are available on ipads at: https://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/secure-comics/id1130794100?mt=8

[3] L. Zhang-KennedyK. BaigS. Chiasson 2017 Engaging children about online privacy through storytelling in an interactive comic (to appear) In British HCI. BCS BHCI

[4] L. Zhang-KennedyS. ChiassonR. Biddle 2016 The role of instructional design in persuasion: A comics approach for improving cybersecurity International Journal of HumanComputer Interaction 32 3 215 257

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