Technical gazette, Vol. 22 No. 1, 2015.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.17559/TV-20140403122930
Impact of education on security practices in ICT
Atila Bostan
orcid.org/0000-0002-8540-7605
; Atılım University, Computer Engineering Department, Kızılcaşar Mah, İncek-Gölbaşı/Ankara/Turkey
İbrahim Akman
; Atılım University, Computer Engineering Department, Kızılcaşar Mah, İncek-Gölbaşı/Ankara/Turkey
Abstract
In assuring the security in information technology, user awareness and acquired-user habits are inevitable components, yet they may be qualified as the feeblest ones. As the information technology tries to put its best in providing maximum security, user awareness plays a key-role. Additionally, although the literature provides studies on approaches for teaching information security, there are not many evidences on the impact of education level. Therefore, this study investigates the impact of the education level on user security awareness in using the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) products. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among 433 citizens from different layers of the society. Interestingly, the results indicated that education level has significant impact on all security issues included in the analysis regarding computer usage, web usage and e-mail usage.
Keywords
Education and ICT security awareness; Education and ICT usage; E-mail security; Computer security; Web security
Hrčak ID:
135077
URI
Publication date:
23.2.2015.
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