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A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach

The emergence of the internet and also the use of various online applications and the exposure to the social platforms that are evolving day by day have positioned students to online risk. Online fraud, cyber-bully, phishing are among those risks students are exposed to in their daily activities. To...

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Main Authors: Garba, Adamu A., Md. Siraj, Maheyzah, Othman, Siti Hajar, Musa, M. A.
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Published: Research Trend 2020
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QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90626/
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spelling my.utm.906262021-04-30T14:48:20Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/90626/ A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach Garba, Adamu A. Md. Siraj, Maheyzah Othman, Siti Hajar Musa, M. A. QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science The emergence of the internet and also the use of various online applications and the exposure to the social platforms that are evolving day by day have positioned students to online risk. Online fraud, cyber-bully, phishing are among those risks students are exposed to in their daily activities. To find a solution to that, cybersecurity awareness can prepare them to protect themself against such risk. This research aims to investigate the students’ awareness of basic knowledge of cybersecurity. A quantitative approach was used for data collection using a set of designed questionnaires, this method was used to investigate the students’ cybersecurity knowledge and observe their behavior toward using the internet, from the survey a total of 201 Computer Science students in the Department of Computer Science at Yobe State University, Nigeria participated in the study. The research has encountered moderate responses from the students as all universities are close at this period due to the COVID 19 pandemic, only students living in urban were able to reach out in the study. The result obtained from the experiment were analyzed and it shows the University students' cybersecurity awareness is at a satisfactory level and more than average of the students are not well aware of how to protect their data. The research contribution is, there is no active cybersecurity awareness program in place, and also females’ students are more likely to be the victim of cyber-attack. Besides that, the survey also indicated a high enthusiasm for students to learn more about cybersecurity. Research Trend 2020 Article PeerReviewed Garba, Adamu A. and Md. Siraj, Maheyzah and Othman, Siti Hajar and Musa, M. A. (2020) A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach. International Journal On Emerging Technologies, 11 (5). pp. 41-49. ISSN 0975-8364
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topic QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
spellingShingle QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Garba, Adamu A.
Md. Siraj, Maheyzah
Othman, Siti Hajar
Musa, M. A.
A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
description The emergence of the internet and also the use of various online applications and the exposure to the social platforms that are evolving day by day have positioned students to online risk. Online fraud, cyber-bully, phishing are among those risks students are exposed to in their daily activities. To find a solution to that, cybersecurity awareness can prepare them to protect themself against such risk. This research aims to investigate the students’ awareness of basic knowledge of cybersecurity. A quantitative approach was used for data collection using a set of designed questionnaires, this method was used to investigate the students’ cybersecurity knowledge and observe their behavior toward using the internet, from the survey a total of 201 Computer Science students in the Department of Computer Science at Yobe State University, Nigeria participated in the study. The research has encountered moderate responses from the students as all universities are close at this period due to the COVID 19 pandemic, only students living in urban were able to reach out in the study. The result obtained from the experiment were analyzed and it shows the University students' cybersecurity awareness is at a satisfactory level and more than average of the students are not well aware of how to protect their data. The research contribution is, there is no active cybersecurity awareness program in place, and also females’ students are more likely to be the victim of cyber-attack. Besides that, the survey also indicated a high enthusiasm for students to learn more about cybersecurity.
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author Garba, Adamu A.
Md. Siraj, Maheyzah
Othman, Siti Hajar
Musa, M. A.
author_facet Garba, Adamu A.
Md. Siraj, Maheyzah
Othman, Siti Hajar
Musa, M. A.
author_sort Garba, Adamu A.
title A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
title_short A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
title_full A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
title_fullStr A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
title_full_unstemmed A study on cybersecurity awareness among students in Yobe: A quantitative approach
title_sort study on cybersecurity awareness among students in yobe: a quantitative approach
publisher Research Trend
publishDate 2020
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