Cyber security awareness among university students: A case study

• Main Authors: Gabra, Adamu Abdullahi, Sirat, Maheyzah, Siti Hajar, Siti Hajar, Dauda, Ibrahim Bukar
• Format: Article
• Published: Innovare Academics Sciences Pvt. Ltd 2020
• Subjects: QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/91422/; http://dx.doi.org/10.31838/jcr.07.16.108
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

This paper reports the preliminary outcomes of a quantitative survey intended to identify students' awareness and enthusiasm to learn cybersecurity in Nigerian Universities. The objective of the survey was to see how students in this developing country are mindful of cyber-attacks and how they can mitigate the attacks and to find out if the cybersecurity awareness program is among the University program. The preliminary results indicated that the students claimed to have basic cybersecurity knowledge, but are not well informed of how to protect their data. It also seems that most Universities do not have an active cybersecurity awareness program to improve students' knowledge on how to protect themselves from any threats. The surveyed students also show interest in learning more about cybersecurity.