Kefala, Aikaterini

2020-06-10T00:00:43Z

https://repository.ihu.edu.gr//xmlui/handle/11544/29523

Gamification

Mobile application

masterThesis

free

School of Science and Technology, MSc in Mobile and Web Computing

This dissertation was written as a part of the MSc in Mobile and Web Computing at the International Hellenic University. The first component incorporates a short introduction of the present thesis, which will be presented methodically, briefly including the fundamental configuration and rationale of this study. In the second part of the dissertation the term “gamification” will be defined while its advantages are going to be collocated. In the third part, the significance of the increasing requirement for satisfying users’ security awareness in information systems will be offered. In the fourth part, a way will be cited in which applications that exploit game elements can have the potential of assisting in the amplification of the users’ security awareness, as these emerge to be additionally appealing to users. In the fifth part a mobile application running in an iOS environment will be explained aiming to augment users’ security awareness with the employment of gamification principles.

Moridis, Christos

IHU