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'''Brief Description:''' | '''Brief Description:''' High Conscientiousness as a potential cognitive vulnerability <br> | ||
'''Closely Related Concepts:''' | '''Closely Related Concepts:''' Low Conscientiousness <br> | ||
'''Mechanism:''' | '''Mechanism(s):''' Deliberate False Statement [https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php/Deliberate_False_Statement| CAT-2022-152 ] <br> | ||
''' | '''Multiplier(s):''' The Need To Correct [https://cognitiveattacktaxonomy.org/index.php/Need_to_Correct| CAT-2024-007 ] <br> | ||
'''Detailed Description:''' Big 5 Personality dimension describing how attentative an individual is to detail. <br> | '''Detailed Description:''' Big 5 Personality dimension describing how attentative an individual is to detail. <br> | ||
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Revision as of 15:15, 25 October 2025
High Conscientiousness
Short Description: Personality dimension, high attentativeness to detail
CAT ID: CAT-2021-002
Layer: 8
Operational Scale: Tactical
Level of Maturity: Well-Established
Category: Vulnerability
Subcategory:
Also Known As:
Description:
Brief Description: High Conscientiousness as a potential cognitive vulnerability
Closely Related Concepts: Low Conscientiousness
Mechanism(s): Deliberate False Statement CAT-2022-152
Multiplier(s): The Need To Correct CAT-2024-007
Detailed Description: Big 5 Personality dimension describing how attentative an individual is to detail.
Examples:
Use Case Example(s):
Halevi et al (2015) found a heightened susceptibility to spear phishing attacks against individuals high on the Conscientiousness personality dimension when presented with a phishing email presented as an error on a form which required a correction. This [need to correct] errors is a potential vulnerability in individuals high in Conscientiousness[1].
Comments:
References:
Halevi, T., Memon, N., & Nov, O. (2015). Spear-phishing in the wild: A real-world study of personality, phishing self-efficacy and vulnerability to spear-phishing attacks. Phishing Self-Efficacy and Vulnerability to Spear-Phishing Attacks (January 2, 2015).
- ↑ Halevi, T., Memon, N., & Nov, O. (2015). Spear-phishing in the wild: A real-world study of personality, phishing self-efficacy and vulnerability to spear-phishing attacks.
