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Wearing safe: Physical and informational security in the age of the wearable device

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  • Mills, Adam J.
  • Watson, Richard T.
  • Pitt, Leyland
  • Kietzmann, Jan

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Wearable computing devices promise to deliver countless benefits to users. Moreover, they are among the most personal and unique computing devices of all, more so than laptops and tablets and even more so than smartphones. However, this uniqueness also brings with it a risk of security issues not encountered previously in information systems: the potential to not only compromise data, but also to physically harm the wearer. This article considers wearable device security from three perspectives: whether the threat is to the device and/or the individual, the role that the wearable device plays, and how holistic wearable device security strategies can be developed and monitored.

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  • Mills, Adam J. & Watson, Richard T. & Pitt, Leyland & Kietzmann, Jan, 2016. "Wearing safe: Physical and informational security in the age of the wearable device," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 59(6), pages 615-622.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:bushor:v:59:y:2016:i:6:p:615-622
    DOI: 10.1016/j.bushor.2016.08.003
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    1. Watson, Richard T. & Berthon, Pierre & Pitt, Leyland F. & Zinkhan, George M., 2004. "Marketing in the age of the network: From marketplace to U-space," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 47(6), pages 33-40.
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    2. Maltseva, Kateryna, 2020. "Wearables in the workplace: The brave new world of employee engagement," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 63(4), pages 493-505.
    3. Luis Hernández-Álvarez & Juan José Bullón Pérez & Farrah Kristel Batista & Araceli Queiruga-Dios, 2022. "Security Threats and Cryptographic Protocols for Medical Wearables," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(6), pages 1-17, March.
    4. Lee, In, 2021. "Cybersecurity: Risk management framework and investment cost analysis," Business Horizons, Elsevier, vol. 64(5), pages 659-671.

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