Cyber Security in the Age of COVID-19: An Analysis of Cyber-Crime and Attacks

Hajj, Aayad Al

doi:10.22214/ijraset.2020.31216

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“…The students in the process have become vulnerable to cyber threats and hazards (Zwilling et al, 2020). A review stresses that since COVID-19 spread, there has been an alarming increase in the number of cybercrime incidents (Hajj & Rony, 2020). Since remote learning is an internet-based platform, it is also open to cyber security attacks (Furnell & Karweni, 2001;Bandara et al, 2014).…”

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Does threat knowledge influence protective behaviors of students in the context of cyber security in remote learning amid COVID-19 crisis

Rotas¹

2021

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Amid the current period of massive migration to remote learning, it can be practically assumed in the context of cyber security that giving students threat knowledge will increase their protective behaviors. An emerging stance in behavior theories, however, offer an interesting ground on the dissociation between knowledge and behavior. This article is a preliminary study with the aim to test if threat knowledge influence protective behaviors of students in the context of cyber security in remote learning amid the COVID-19 crisis. Gathering data from a sample of students from a teacher education department of a Philippine university, modified questionnaires were used in online surveys. The results revealed that the students are somewhat knowledgeable about the possible threats and they sometimes practice protective behaviors in remote learning. This indicates a practical need to heighten the cyber security of the students. This study further found no significant relationship between threat knowledge and protective behaviors of the students. While this outcome contributes a piece of evidence in the current debate in behavior theories, further validation in other contexts is necessary.

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confidence: 99%