öryggiskóm
Öryggiskóm is a term used in Icelandic discussions of cybersecurity and risk management to describe a state in which individuals or organizations become immobilized or disengaged due to perceived excessive security controls. The term is primarily used in informal or academic discourse to discuss the human factors of security, rather than as a formal technical standard.
Etymology and scope: The word is a neologism formed from öryggi, meaning security, combined with a suffix
Causes and symptoms: Öryggiskóm can arise from overly complex authentication, frequent security prompts, alert fatigue, and
Implications and mitigation: The phenomenon can increase security risk if users bypass controls or fail to
See also: security fatigue, human factors in information security, usable security, risk-based authentication, user experience design.