IMPACT OF EDUCATION ON SECURITY PRACTICES IN ICT
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2015-02-04
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Tehnicki Vjesnik
Abstract
In assuring the security in information technology, user awareness and acquired-user habits are inevitable components, yet they may be qualified as the
feeblest ones. As the information technology tries to put its best in providing maximum security, user awareness plays a key-role. Additionally, although
the literature provides studies on approaches for teaching information security, there are not many evidences on the impact of education level. Therefore,
this study investigates the impact of the education level on user security awareness in using the Information and Communication Technology (ICT)
products. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among 433 citizens from different layers of the society. Interestingly, the results indicated that
education level has significant impact on all security issues included in the analysis regarding computer usage, web usage and e-mail usage.
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computer engineering