College Students' Cybersecurity Risk Perceptions, Awareness, and Practices

Sarathchandra, Dilshani; Haltinner, Kristin; Lichtenberg, Nicole

doi:10.1109/cybersec.2016.018

Cited by 20 publications

(7 citation statements)

References 16 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…one-third of 295 participants [19], this indicates the need for a security awareness campaign to the students. Moreover, in the US Pacific Northwest University, students participated in a survey to identify cybersecurity awareness and the result from 498 students shows they were not familiar with some basic cybersecurity terms, among the terms are Trojan horses (55%), phishing (50%) and worms (17%) [20]. This indicated a need for a cybersecurity awareness program at that the university.…”

Section: Cybersecurity Awareness In Universities As a Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

An assessment of cybersecurity awareness level among Northeastern University students in Nigeria

Garba¹,

Siraj

Othman³

2022

IJECE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

<p>The world economy today has adopted the internet as a medium of transactions, this has made many organizations use the internet for their daily activities. With this, there is an urgent need to have knowledge in cybersecurity and also how to defend critical assets. The objective of this paper is to identify the level of cybersecurity awareness of students in Northeastern Nigeria. A quantitative approach was used for data collection and cyberbully, personal information, internet banking, internet addiction, and Self-protection were the items ask for cybersecurity awareness level identification. Descriptive analysis was performed for initial result findings using SPSS and OriginPro for graphical design. the preliminary result shows of the students have some basic knowledge of cybersecurity in an item like internet banking, while other items like cyberbully, self-protection and, internet addiction result show moderate awareness, the students' participation based on gender, males constitute 77.1% i.e. (N=340) and females constitute 22.9% i.e. (N=101). Future research would concentrate on designing awareness programs that would increase the level of their awareness especially the students in the Northeastern part of Nigeria.</p>

show abstract

Section: Cybersecurity Awareness In Universities As a Case Studiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

An assessment of cybersecurity awareness level among Northeastern University students in Nigeria

Garba¹,

Siraj

Othman³

2022

IJECE

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Despite the number of young drivers involved in car accidents every year, some participants viewed the highest risk to their companion animal to be an event of lower probability, such as severe weather, structural fire, or an active shooter [36]. Because individuals have less control over these types of events, it is possible that fear caused a heightened risk perception despite an auto accident being a more significant risk [70].…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Disaster Preparedness among Service Dog Puppy- Raisers (Human Subject Sample)

DeYoung

Farmer

Callaro

et al. 2020

Animals

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Little is known about the ways in which puppy raisers engage in disaster preparedness for their puppies (or “guide dogs in training”). The aim of this research is to understand disaster preparedness among service dog puppy raisers. A web-based survey was distributed to people raising puppies in a service dog training program (n = 53 complete survey responses). Questions in the survey included items about disaster preparedness and plans for canine safety in hazards events. Out of those who said they had an evacuation plan for their puppy in training, 59% stated they would put the dog in their vehicles for evacuating to safety in the event of a hurricane or other disaster. The odds of first-time puppy raisers who considered evacuation for Hurricane Irma in 2017 was 15.3 times the odds of repeat raisers. Over half the raisers reported that they did not have a disaster kit. Additionally, 82% of respondents indicated that having a service puppy in training makes them feel safer. These results can be used as a foundation for service dog organizations in disaster preparedness among their puppy raiser volunteers and in designing recruitment messages for new volunteers.

show abstract

“…They stressed that the internal threats are more difficult to solve. Sarathchandra et al (2016) reported from their empirical studies that Trojan horse, phishing and worms are some of the cyber threats faced by students who are users of university libraries. Yusuf et al (2021) listed cyber security threats in Nigerian university libraries to include physical threat, hardware failure, illegal alteration of software or complete change of installed software, transmission faults, network threats, loss of data and staff misconducts.…”

Section: Review Of Literaturementioning

confidence: 99%

Cyber security in university libraries and implication for library and information science education in Nigeria

Igbinovia

Ishola

2023

DLP

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Purpose Technological expansion and adoption in university libraries have precipitated cybercrimes and the need to equip library personnel with the required knowledge to combat this menace. Consequently, this study aims to examine cyber security in university libraries and its implication for Library and Information Science education. Design/methodology/approach The study adopted descriptive research design, while questionnaire and interview were used to elicit data from library personnel and heads of library schools, respectively. A total of 134 responses were elicited through structured questionnaire (administered online due to the closure of universities) while six heads of library schools were interviewed, one from each of the six geopolitical zones in Nigeria. Findings The data from the questionnaire which were descriptively analysed revealed that the perceived knowledge of cyber security among the librarians was moderately low. Also, the university libraries were exposed to various cyber threats, with cyber security/guideline been one of the critical measures to combat cybercrime. Also, the result showed that librarians displayed high level of adherence to cyber ethics. However, the disposition of library management towards cyber security issues was revealed to be the main challenge to the deployment of cyber security in university libraries, follow by poor password management. Majority of the librarians possess basic knowledge of cyber security, though with serious interest to learn more about it. They were not taught cyber security in library school and they indicated enthusiasm to learn about it. The result of the interview with heads of library schools showed majority of these schools do not offer cyber security course due to dearth in skilled manpower. Originality/value The study presents cybercrime as a menace, if not tackled, would affect the university libraries’ sustainability as information institution, compromising their ability to deliver quality services.

show abstract

College Students' Cybersecurity Risk Perceptions, Awareness, and Practices

Cited by 20 publications

References 16 publications

An assessment of cybersecurity awareness level among Northeastern University students in Nigeria

An assessment of cybersecurity awareness level among Northeastern University students in Nigeria

Disaster Preparedness among Service Dog Puppy- Raisers (Human Subject Sample)

Cyber security in university libraries and implication for library and information science education in Nigeria

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About