Current Status of Information Security against Cyber Attacks in Universities and Its Improvement Methods

Abstract

This paper suggests several methods of improving information securities of universities through the investigations of the current status of information securities in universities, which is becoming a hot topic in knowledge and information societies. In this paper, universities were randomly selected according to their size, and surveyed through email questionnaire to the persons in charge of security in each university, and 27 universities and 18 colleges were replied. From the survey results we confirmed that the pre-prevention is the most important thing in securing information assets, also in universities, and, in this paper, systematic support must be strengthened to

Cybersecurity awareness in Zimbabwean universities: Perspectives from the students

“…Chapman 5 and Coughlan 6 observed that some of the cyberattacks targeted at universities are carried out by students just to prove to their fellow peers that they are computer wizards and in some cases to steal sensitive information. According to Kang and Choi, 7 universities and colleges are the prime targets for cyberattacks because most institutions of higher learning have their networks open to enable students and employees access from within and outside university local area networks.…”