Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study
This paper reports the preliminary outcomes of a quantitative survey intended to identify students' awareness and enthusiasm to learn cybersecurity in Nigerian Universities. The objective of the survey was to see how students in this developing country are mindful of cyber-attacks and how they...
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| author | Gabra, Adamu Abdullahi Sirat, Maheyzah Siti Hajar, Siti Hajar Dauda, Ibrahim Bukar |
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| description | This paper reports the preliminary outcomes of a quantitative survey intended to identify students' awareness and enthusiasm to learn cybersecurity in Nigerian Universities. The objective of the survey was to see how students in this developing country are mindful of cyber-attacks and how they can mitigate the attacks and to find out if the cybersecurity awareness program is among the University program. The preliminary results indicated that the students claimed to have basic cybersecurity knowledge, but are not well informed of how to protect their data. It also seems that most Universities do not have an active cybersecurity awareness program to improve students' knowledge on how to protect themselves from any threats. The surveyed students also show interest in learning more about cybersecurity. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-914222021-06-30T12:16:16Z http://eprints.utm.my/91422/ Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study Gabra, Adamu Abdullahi Sirat, Maheyzah Siti Hajar, Siti Hajar Dauda, Ibrahim Bukar QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science This paper reports the preliminary outcomes of a quantitative survey intended to identify students' awareness and enthusiasm to learn cybersecurity in Nigerian Universities. The objective of the survey was to see how students in this developing country are mindful of cyber-attacks and how they can mitigate the attacks and to find out if the cybersecurity awareness program is among the University program. The preliminary results indicated that the students claimed to have basic cybersecurity knowledge, but are not well informed of how to protect their data. It also seems that most Universities do not have an active cybersecurity awareness program to improve students' knowledge on how to protect themselves from any threats. The surveyed students also show interest in learning more about cybersecurity. Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd 2020 Article PeerReviewed Gabra, Adamu Abdullahi and Sirat, Maheyzah and Siti Hajar, Siti Hajar and Dauda, Ibrahim Bukar (2020) Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study. Journal of Critical Reviews, 7 (16). pp. 825-833. ISSN 2394-5125 http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.16.108 |
| spellingShingle | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Gabra, Adamu Abdullahi Sirat, Maheyzah Siti Hajar, Siti Hajar Dauda, Ibrahim Bukar Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study |
| title | Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study |
| title_full | Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study |
| title_fullStr | Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study |
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| title_short | Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study |
| title_sort | cyber security awareness among university students a case study |
| topic | QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science |
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