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.ad...@gcu.ac.uk) or my Ph.D. supervisor Dr. Mike Just (mike.j...@gcu.ac.uk), both at the Interactive and Trustworthy Technologies research group (http://www.ittgroup.org/), Glasgow Caledonian University, UK. Kind regards, Adnan
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