Family member's awareness of cyber-security concepts and its correlation with the precautionary procedures taken against cyber-attacks during the Coronavirus pandemic

Najat Malibari

doi:10.5937/intrev2102122m

Abstract

This research aimed to explore the correlation between family members' awareness of cybersecurity concepts and the precautionary procedures taken against cyberattacks during the Coronavirus pandemic. A descriptive-analytical method was used. Also, a questionnaire was conducted to assess the correlation between family members' awareness of cybersecurity concepts and the precautionary procedure taken against cyberattacks during the Corona pandemic. The study sample consisted of 215 family members, males, females, employed and non-employed, students of different ages and educational levels. The results revealed a significant correlation between family member's awareness of cybersecurity concepts and the precautionary procedures taken against cyberattacks during the Corona pandemic. Besides, a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) in the family member's awareness level of the cybersecurity concepts, with some demographic variables (gender, employment status, age, education level, and average family income). Also, there was a significant difference (p ≤ 0.05) in the preventive procedures taken by family members to protect themselves from cyberattacks with the study variables (gender, employment status, age, education level, and average family income).

Highlights

The unprecedented increase in internet usage during the Coronavirus pandemic has never been witnessed before
Results indicated that there had been an increase of (376%) in educational sites, (131%) in internet sites, and (151%) increase in the usage of social media platforms such as Facebook. This explains why "personal internet users are increasingly exposed to security threats while using their home PC systems" [1]
"These personal internet users are becoming more vulnerable to security threats due to the use of information communication technologies" [1,2,3]

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Introduction

The unprecedented increase in internet usage during the Coronavirus pandemic has never been witnessed before. Results indicated that there had been an increase of (376%) in educational sites, (131%) in internet sites, and (151%) increase in the usage of social media platforms such as Facebook. This explains why "personal internet users are increasingly exposed to security threats while using their home PC systems" [1]. "These personal internet users are becoming more vulnerable to security threats due to the use of information communication technologies" [1,2,3]. Today the technology is far more available compare to yesterday and less than tomorrow [4][5][6]

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