Understanding User's Behaviors in Coping with Security Threat of Mobile Devices Loss and Theft

As mobile devices widely used for personal and business purpose, mobile devices loss and theft have become one big security threat. In this paper, we analyze the potential risks of mobile devices loss and theft and summarize the countermeasures that can be used to cope with such risks. Based on protection motivation theory, we propose a research framework to investigate the factors that affect users' behavior to cope with the risk of mobile devices loss and theft.

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