Work Practices of Cyber Security Professionals

[Muhammad Adnan <muhammad.adnan200 () GMAIL COM>]

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a university researcher who is investigating the development of new,
usable tools that will improve the work practices of cyber security
professionals. As a first step to achieve this goal, I am undertaking a
survey to gain an in-depth understanding of the day-to-day activities of
cyber security professionals. The targeted participants for this survey are
those who perform security related activities as a part of their job (e.g.
security analysts, network administrators, penetration testers).

I would be very grateful if you could spare some time and complete this
short survey for me. It can be accessed at the following link:
http://edu.surveygizmo.com/s3/1536165/Work-Practices-of-Cyber-Security-Professionals

For more information about the survey, please carry on reading.

- Purpose of the research: The main aim of this research is to improve the
work practices of cyber security professionals, through developing new and
usable tools. This survey will serve as the first step towards achieving
this goal, by providing a deeper and more complete understanding about the
day-to-day activities of cyber security professionals.

- Time required: The survey will take approximately 12 minutes to complete.

- Benefits: There are no immediate benefits for you as an individual, but
the research will hopefully benefit the community of cyber security
professionals as a whole, through the development of new and usable tools.

- Confidentiality: Your responses will be treated as strictly confidential
and will be stored securely. They will be used for research only and will
not be used for any other purpose. No personal information will appear in
any publications resulting from this study.

- Participation and withdrawal: Your participation in this survey is
completely voluntary and you may also choose to quit at any stage.

- To contact the researcher: If you have questions or concerns about this
research, please contact me (Muhammad.Adnan () gcu ac uk) or my Ph.D.
supervisor Dr. Mike Just (Mike.Just () gcu ac uk), both at the Interactive and
Trustworthy Technologies research group (http://www.ittgroup.org/), Glasgow
Caledonian University, UK.

Kind regards,
Adnan