The information behavior of Information Security and Cryptography professionals

how these professionals seek and use information

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https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2017.v11n3.02.p6

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Information Behavior, Information Need, Information Seek, Information Use, Information Security, Cryptography

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This paper presents a user study of information security and cryptography professionals, focusing on the use of information behavior models. The methodological procedure proposed in this paper uses as a base model the information behavior model proposed by Choo et al. (2000), which divides human information behavior into three processes: information need, seek and use. The exploratory, descriptive and quali-quantitative study was carried out with 50 professionals from the Brazilian Community of Information Security and Cryptography (Comsic) through questionnaires, interviews and documentary analysis. Four subgroups were identified: cryptographic algorithms and protocols research group, cryptographic hardware and firmware development group, network security professionals group, and information security managers group.

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  • Cláudio Gottschalg Duque, Universidade de Brasília, Brasil

    Faculdade de Ciência da Informação

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2017-10-09

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“The Information Behavior of Information Security and Cryptography Professionals: How These Professionals Seek and Use Information”. Brazilian Journal of Information Science: Research Trends, vol. 11, nº 3, outubro de 2017, https://doi.org/10.36311/1981-1640.2017.v11n3.02.p6.