Securing online accounts and assets: An examination of personal investments and protection motivation

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Highlights：

• Online accounts hold individuals’ digital assets and investments.

• Factors affecting multi-factor authentication (MFA) use for securing online accounts.

• The integration of size of investment and protection motivation theory.

• Investment size influences MFA use through threat and coping appraisals.

摘要

•Online accounts hold individuals’ digital assets and investments.•Factors affecting multi-factor authentication (MFA) use for securing online accounts.•The integration of size of investment and protection motivation theory.•Investment size influences MFA use through threat and coping appraisals.

论文关键词：Personal investment,Investment size,Protection motivation theory,Multi-factor authentication,Secure behaviors,Online account threat

论文评审过程：Received 27 August 2020, Revised 28 July 2022, Accepted 20 September 2022, Available online 2 October 2022, Version of Record 2 October 2022.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2022.102590