Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security
Information security (IS) simply implies the protection and preservation of information, with its central purpose being to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. The purpose of this research therefore was to study and evaluate users' Information Se...
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| author | Zeki, Akram M. Hamid, Habiba |
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| description | Information security (IS) simply implies the protection and preservation of information, with its central purpose being to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. The purpose of this research therefore was to study and evaluate users' Information Security Awareness (ISA) and perception of IS issues amongst post graduate (PG) students of a university. To this end, data collection was elicited through the administration of questionnaires and interviews. This study mixed both the quantitative and qualitative method. The quantitative data from primary source of an administered questionnaire was analyzed using the SPSS version 20. The qualitative method of an interview was recorded, played in breaks and represented on a graph and the results were compared. Findings indicated that the participants of this study were conversant with information security issues with a high degree of awareness because most of the participants have up-to-date antivirus to protect them against malware. There is no significant difference on ISA between males and females. |
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| spelling | iium-512842017-04-21T02:33:55Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51284/ Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security Zeki, Akram M. Hamid, Habiba T58.5 Information technology Information security (IS) simply implies the protection and preservation of information, with its central purpose being to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. The purpose of this research therefore was to study and evaluate users' Information Security Awareness (ISA) and perception of IS issues amongst post graduate (PG) students of a university. To this end, data collection was elicited through the administration of questionnaires and interviews. This study mixed both the quantitative and qualitative method. The quantitative data from primary source of an administered questionnaire was analyzed using the SPSS version 20. The qualitative method of an interview was recorded, played in breaks and represented on a graph and the results were compared. Findings indicated that the participants of this study were conversant with information security issues with a high degree of awareness because most of the participants have up-to-date antivirus to protect them against malware. There is no significant difference on ISA between males and females. The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 2016 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51284/1/51284_evaluation_of_users.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51284/4/51284_Evaluation%20of%20users%20awareness_Scopus.pdf Zeki, Akram M. and Hamid, Habiba (2016) Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security. In: 2015 4th International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT 2015), 8th-10th Dec. 2015, Kuala Lumpur. http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?arnumber=7478753&filter%3DAND%28p_IS_Number%3A7478698%29%26pageNumber%3D3 10.1109/ACSAT.2015.50 |
| spellingShingle | T58.5 Information technology Zeki, Akram M. Hamid, Habiba Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title | Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title_full | Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title_short | Evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| title_sort | evaluation of users' awareness and their reaction on information security |
| topic | T58.5 Information technology |
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