# Establishing a Model for the User Acceptance of Cybersecurity Training
## 2 Components and Evolution of the TAM and Its Extensions
It is imperative that research be conducted to adapt and validate the TAM within the cybersecurity context to ensure that it adequately captures the distinct factors influencing the adoption of security technologies. Specifically, focusing on factors that influence users' \begin{table}
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**Factor** & **Description** \\ \hline Attitude & A person’s general attitude towards a technology or group of technologies will impact their adoption of it \\ \hline Anxiety & Users who are anxious about using computers are less prone to adopt new technology \\ \hline Social Norms & The perception of whether others think that it is good to adopt a technology \\ \hline Accessibility & User access to hardware and the ability to retrieve desired information impacts user acceptance \\ \hline Social Pressure & Pressure from others to adopt a technology or not \\ \hline Management support & The degree to which management supports the use of a technology by providing resources and acting as a change agent \\ \hline End User Support & A technology is more likely to be adopted if support for users and IT staff is available \\ \hline Facilitating Conditions & User acceptance is impacted by a user’s perception of how well the use of a technology is supported by resource factors such as time, money, and systems support \\ \hline Perceived Quality & How well a system is perceived to perform, with regard to job goals, impacts user acceptance \\ \hline Perceived Enjoyment & A technology which is perceived as enjoyable to use is more likely to be adopted by users \\ \hline Self-Efficacy & A user’s perception of their own ability to use a system will impact their acceptance of that system \\ \hline Complexity & A technology which is perceived as difficult to use is less likely to be adopted \\ \hline Relevance & Users are more likely to adopt technology they perceive as beneficial for their job performance \\ \hline Image & Users are more likely to adopt technology which is perceived to improve their social status \\ \hline Social Presence & A technology that allows users to experience the presence of others in a digital environment is more likely to be adopted \\ \hline Result Demonstrability & If the impact of using a technology can be communicated to others and is observable, the user is more likely to adopt it \\ \hline Voluntariness & Users are more positive towards a technology which is perceived as being voluntary and/or free to use \\ \hline Innovativeness & Innovativeness increases a person’s willingness to test new technology \\ \hline Trialability & The possibility of testing a technology increases the likelihood of it becoming adopted \\ \hline Visibility & A technology which is more visible in the organisation is more likely to be adopted \\ \hline Usability & A technology which can be objectively shown to be usable is more likely to be adopted \\ \hline Playfulness & A technology which is perceived as fun to use is more likely to be adopted by users \\ \hline Perception of & A user’s perception of how well the organisation will support the use of a technology impacts the user’s acceptance of that technology \\ \hline Experience & Prior experience of a technology or similar technologies will impact users’ acceptance \\ \hline Relative Advantage & A technology which is perceived as better than similar technologies is more likely to be adopted \\ \hline \hline \end{tabular}
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Table 1: Description of the TAM’s external factors. acceptance of cybersecurity training can significantly foster greater user adherence to cybersecurity practises.