High Conscientiousness
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
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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.
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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].
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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.
