(Georgia Institute of Technology, 2020-05)
Golod, Ilya
This study presents Penny, a virtual assistant that monitors various parameters and
conditions of the user’s machine and notifies them in case it senses a potential
vulnerability. Penny also provides the user with information on the possible ways of
eliminating or avoiding the vulnerability. The purpose of the study is to find out how
specific types of security-related communication with end-users by a virtual assistant like
Penny can positively affect users’ security-related behaviors.