cff-version: 1.2.0
abstract: "This dataset contains the summary of demographic information, anonymized semi-structured interview transcripts, and drawings resulting from our study on mental models or VPN technology among experts and non-experts in a professional service firm in the Netherlands. The interviews were conducted in June and July 2020. We conducted semi-structured interviews with eleven experts and seven non-experts. We also asked our participants to complete a drawing exercise to help participants to think aloud about how the VPN is organized and functions. Five interviews were conducted in English, and thirteen were in Dutch.<br>The interview questions were focused on the following topics:1) What a VPN is? 2) For what purpose a VPN is used? 3) What the technical infrastructure of a VPN looks like? 3) What the security benefits and/or risks of using a VPN are? 4) What changes occur in the threat landscape when using a VPN?5) What the impact of a possible attack could be when using a VPN.<br>This research project was reviewed and approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee of the Delft University of Technology (reference number: 55223)."
authors:
  - family-names: Binkhorst
    given-names: Veroniek
  - family-names: Fiebig
    given-names: Tobias
  - family-names: Krombholz
    given-names: Katharina
  - family-names: Pieters
    given-names: Wolter
  - family-names: Labunets
    given-names: Kate
    orcid: "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0884-2440"
title: "Data underlying the research of VPN Mental Models Among Experts and Non-Experts in a Corporate Context"
keywords:
version: 1
identifiers:
  - type: doi
    value: 10.4121/17118491.v1
license: CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
date-released: 2021-12-07