Users' awareness of and perception on information security issues: a case study of kulliyyah of ICT postgraduate students

Hamid, Habiba and Zeki, Akram M. (2015) Users' awareness of and perception on information security issues: a case study of kulliyyah of ICT postgraduate students. In: 3rd International Conference on Advanced Computer Science Applications and Technologies (ACSAT 2014), 29th-30th December 2014, Amman, Jordan.

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Abstract

Information security (IS) simply implies the protection and preservation of information, with its central purpose being to protect and preserve the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of information. It may also involve protecting and preserving the authenticity and reliability of information and ensuring that entities can be held accountable. Additionally, putting the educational setting such as International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) into consideration, information security awareness (ISA) implies educating the campus community about the inherent risks of the confidentiality, integrity, or availability of systems" & data, and how all individuals/students can protect their systems" & data. The purpose of this research therefore was to examine users' awareness of and perception on IS issues amongst the Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology (KICT) post graduate (PG) students of IIUM. To this end, data collection was elicited through the administration of questionnaires and interviews. Data analysis was performed by using the SPSS version 20 on the questionnaire and a qualitative study method that involved breaking the interview into themes was employed for the interview data by determining the commonality among their views.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (Plenary Papers)
Additional Information:	6153/42621
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Information security, Information security awareness, perception
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Kulliyyahs/Centres/Divisions/Institutes (Can select more than one option. Press CONTROL button):	Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology > Department of Information System
Depositing User:	Akram M Zeki
Date Deposited:	21 Apr 2015 15:16
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2017 16:01
URI:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/id/eprint/42621

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