Dear cybersecurity expert, We need your help in providing expert feedback on a framework for an upcoming doctoral research study. I am a PhD Candidate in Information Systems with a concentration in Information Security at the College of Engineering and Computing, Nova Southeastern University, working under the supervision of Dr. Yair Levy in the Levy CyLab (https://infosec.nova.edu/cylab/). My research is seeking to develop an index to measure if there is (or to what extent the magnitude exists) exposure to social engineering via publicly available personal information. To develop the index, I need assistance from professionals that have extensive experience dealing with personal information privacy activities, not limited to information security, information privacy, social engineering, law, medical, application development, etc. You will be asked to complete two surveys. The first survey, should take approximately 20 minutes, will help me to understand your work environment, experience, and will be used to develop the Social Engineering eXposure Index (SEXI) benchmark instrument to assess the level of exposure to social engineering due to publicly available personal information. The second survey, should take approximately 10 minutes, will ask for your feedback on the expert panel aggregate responses from the first‐round survey. Your expertise is being solicited to review the proposed measurement criteria for the documented privacy components and provide your expert opinion regarding their relative significance by assigning weights and categories to develop a novel privacy‐related exposure measure. The information provided will be used only for this research study and in aggregated form. Your personal information will not be collected. Your anonymity is assured, and no negative effect will accompany your truthful responses. If you are willing to participate, please click on the link below for access to the first‐round survey, to be completed by July 15, 2018 using password: phdSEXIstudy. Link to Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/SEXI‐PhDStudy Thank you in advance for your consideration. I appreciate your assistance and contribution to this research study. Should you wish to receive the findings of the study, please send me an email, and I will be happy to provide you with information about the academic research publication(s) resulting from this study. Regards, W. Shawn Wilkerson, Ph.D. Candidate E‐mail:
[email protected] Information Systems with a concentration in Information Security College of Engineering and Computing Nova Southeastern University Yair Levy, Ph.D.
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[email protected] Professor of Information Systems and Cybersecurity College of Engineering and Computing Nova Southeastern University Levy CyLab: https://infosec.nova.edu/cylab/
