“Individualism May Make You Better at Catching a Phish: Research”

A new study conducted by a team of researchers from Australia's Defence Science and Technology Group (DST) and the University of Adelaide suggests that national culture plays a significant role in the discernment of phishing scams. In addition to weaknesses in human psychology and organizational culture, individualism has been discovered to be a contributing factor to the detection of fraudulent emails. This article further discusses the correlation between levels of individualism and the ability to identify deceitful emails, other factors that predict phishing and spear phishing detection, and the research behind this study. 

ZDNet reports “Individualism May Make You Better at Catching a Phish: Research”