Raising Security Awareness Research Articles

Research on the Impact of Social Media on the Decision-Making of Young Consumers in the Context of Clothing Choices

To improving markets’ responsiveness towards consumers and then optimizing marketing strategy, it is of the essence to analyze how young consumers’ intentions are affected by social media and how the fashion industry develops and changes. To make the study more understandable and authoritative, the authors use the case of Zara, a well-known brand of casual wear, to reveal the background of fast fashion expansion and then provide a role model for position and target market, as well as a special marketing strategy. Afterward, a hand-conducted questionnaire by authors was carried out, specifically underlining the effectiveness of closing recommendations and driving purchasing decisions among young consumers. Leveraging influencers and utilizing user-generated content are approved to increase brand engagement and build brand loyalty. On the one hand, the shopping experience has been changed by technological convenience and transparent information. On the other hand, fake information and consumer privacy security are bringing risks currently. Simultaneously, competition on social media is intensifying. To solve these problems, governments and enterprises are responsible for fact-checking, verification, monitoring, reporting misinformation, and encoding data. Also, users are suggested to use private tools and raise security awareness. For companies, they can focus on creating unique consumer experiences and advocating ecologically conscious practices to increase competitiveness. In conclusion, the authors provide an analysis of social media and young consumers’ preferences, suggesting improvement and drawing a blueprint for the development of casual clothing.

Computer Games as a Pedagogical Tool for Creating Cyber Security Awareness

Cyberattacks are increasing world-wide, both on corporate networks and public institutions network. During 2022 hackers were widening their aim to target business collaboration tools such as Slack, Teams, OneDrive, and Google Drive with phishing exploits, making for a rich harvest of sensitive data given that most organizations’ employees continued to work remotely. In the later years we have also seen academic institutions becoming more frequent targets for both cybercriminals and state sponsored hackers. In 2022 the education/research sector was most attacked industry globally, seeing a 43% increase compared to 2021, with an average of 2,314 attacks per organisation every week. Schools and universities have the unique challenge of dealing with children or young adults, many of which use their own devices, work from shared locations, and often connect to public Wi-Fi without thinking of the security concerns. Additionally, Russia’s war on Ukraine has led to an increase in spear-phishing activity targeting educational institutions in NATO countries. This situation calls attention to the need for awareness raising about personal cyber security. In Norway, Nord University is one of a few universities with specific focus on security and preparedness, including cyber security awareness. The university has two information security courses: one belonging to furthering education and one within the MBA-study program in Security and Preparedness Management. This paper examines the question whether serious games and online quizzes can create heighten cyber security awareness and motivate individual students to change their cyber security behaviour. The paper reports on the findings based on written reflection notes from students belonging to both courses. The technique of examination and interpretation applied to the data was qualitative thematic content analysis supported by computer-assisted qualitative data analysis software NVivo. Theoretical analysis was guided by social constructionist perspective on knowledge creation. While many advantages of the use of online quizzes and computer games were specified by students, challenges were identified as well. However, the findings show that the use of serious games and online quizzes can be an efficient approach to raising security awareness among participating students.

The role of television drama in spreading security awareness

The aim of this study is to find out the effectiveness of the televised drama in the spreading of security awareness. The researcher used the transparent method (analytical method), the study reached some results: Sudanese televised drama is increasing societal security, seeking TV drama to deploy security awareness among the public addressing the issues related to societal security.
 The televised drama contributes effectively to raise security awareness of the targeted audience by discussing social phenomenon in dramatic discourse, the researcher presented some recommendations as the need to promote security awareness among Sudanese televised channels to achieve the set purpose, the role played by media security should be encouraged and activated as specialized informative platform in security issues during crises, to be extended from the continues training of individuals working in the dramatic field on how to manage crises and disasters.

Some Aspects of Party Cooperation between Kazakhstan and China

The article reveals the issues of multifaceted cooperation and development of China and Kazakhstan in the framework of the joint construction of “One Belt, One Road” and the economic policy of Kazakhstan “Nurly Zhol” (“Bright Road”).Aim. Put forward proposals to promote the development of Kazakh-Chinese trade based on a study of the current situation in the development of Kazakh-Chinese relations and cooperation relations within the framework of the “One Belt, One Road” and an analysis of limiting factors.Tasks. Consider the key ideas underlying the two plans, identify the main scope and areas of cooperation, analyze the prospects for the implementation of the international cooperation project and the achievements achieved so far.Methods. To compare the practices of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Nurly Zhol Plan, a comparative analysis method was adopted to identify the existing advantages and disadvantages of development. The method of bibliographic data analysis was also used in the article. By searching and studying scientific materials and works of domestic and foreign scientists, deepen the understanding of the impact and features of the One Belt, One Road initiative on Kazakhstan.Results. On the basis of specific achievements of cooperation, constructive proposals were put forward for the further development of Chinese-Kazakh cooperation. In order to smoothly promote cooperation between the construction of the Silk Road Economic Belt and the Bright Road, it is necessary to further improve common procedures and docking mechanisms, to fully use the communication capabilities of the SCO to promote economic cooperation.Conclusion. One Belt One Road and Nurly Zhol have achieved strong complementarity. The cooperation between them has satisfied the development needs of Kazakhstan and China. But the security of cooperation requires serious attention. China, Kazakhstan, and even the countries of Central Asia should jointly raise security awareness and deepen cooperation in non-traditional security areas within the framework of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization and deepen the connection between the SCO and other regional security mechanisms.

Future forums: A methodology for exploring, gamifying, and raising security awareness of code-citizens

Future Forums are multiphase user centered design workshops, with the early phases aiming to initiate discussions, that then leads to the co-design of game elements centered around aspects of code security. The same procedure was followed for each of the three Future Forums, each focusing to a slightly different theme around cyber security. By engaging code-citizens in discussions on cyber security that are rooted in their personal experiences and individual viewpoints, several themes emerged, such as the role of coder practices and ethical behavior in security while coding. Findings gave us a deep insight in the code-citizens’ ecosystem during code development – both in terms of their individual beliefs and practices, and the practicalities they have to consider. Discussions were followed by the co-design and co-creation of game elements. The game elements code-citizens co-created allowed us to observe how code elements and code practices are represented with game elements, informing future designs of security oriented serious games. This paper discusses the implications these findings have to the design of cyber security oriented serious games, and to the wider HCI community working with similar methodologies.

Computer Network Security and Privacy: A Review

The widespread use of laptop community programs has come a high level of concern for their security. Complex factors influence community protection. A challenging scientific endeavor, network security. The goal of this paper is to raise security awareness among computer network users and help them understand effective community safety technology. It does this by combining practical work experience with the risk of community safety, safety technology, and community a few suggestions and measures for the device design principle.

Role of Community Protection Project in Strengthening Palestinian Home Front and Means for Activation

This study aimed to identify the assessment degree of a sample of media and security people regarding the role of the community protection project in Palestine, which is being implemented by the National Commission forStrengthening Values and Behaviors in the community, in relation to some variables (gender, work type and years of experience). The study also attempted to propose a set of recommendations that might contribute to activating the role of community protection. To achieve this, the descriptive analytical method was followed and a questionnaire of 31 items was used to collect data from a sample of 118 participants. The study findingsrevealed that the degree assessment of the role of community protection in supporting home front requirements was high at a relative weight of (81%).The first dimension (communication with the occupying forces) received the highest degree, whereas (building national affiliation) received the lowest degree. There were no statistically significant differences (<0.05) among theparticipants attributed to years of experience and gender. On the other hand, there were differences attributed to work type in favor of security people. The study stressed the need to support security organizations in their pursuit to raise security awareness by encouraging the culture of media and security climate that supports home front. It was also recommended that project activities should be well-planned and all requirements should be made available to make the project sustainable.

Role of Community Protection Project in Strengthening Palestinian Home Front and Means for Activation

This study aimed to identify the assessment degree of a sample of media and security people regarding the role of the community protection project in Palestine, which is being implemented by the National Commission forStrengthening Values and Behaviors in the community, in relation to some variables (gender, work type and years of experience). The study also attempted to propose a set of recommendations that might contribute to activating the role of community protection. To achieve this, the descriptive analytical method was followed and a questionnaire of 31 items was used to collect data from a sample of 118 participants. The study findingsrevealed that the degree assessment of the role of community protection in supporting home front requirements was high at a relative weight of (81%).The first dimension (communication with the occupying forces) received the highest degree, whereas (building national affiliation) received the lowest degree. There were no statistically significant differences (<0.05) among theparticipants attributed to years of experience and gender. On the other hand, there were differences attributed to work type in favor of security people. The study stressed the need to support security organizations in their pursuit to raise security awareness by encouraging the culture of media and security climate that supports home front. It was also recommended that project activities should be well-planned and all requirements should be made available to make the project sustainable.

Anti-Phishing Game Framework to Educate Arabic Users: Avoidance of URLs Phishing Attacks

Objectives: The main objective of this study is to address poor security awareness regarding phishing attack in Middle East by developing anti-phishing educational game to educate Arabic users about phishing URLs. Methods/statistical analysis: We start by identifying phishing site URL attributes that help identify phishing sites. Then, we followed a well-established game design framework (EDPE) to develop our anti-phishing game. We performed a study on 56 participants using pretest and post-test technique to assess the level of phishing awareness among participants before playing the game and after playing the game. We used paired t-test and one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) statistical analysis to identify to what extent anti-phishing game could help users identify and avoid phishing attacks. Findings: The results obtained from pretest proved the clam that security awareness in Arabic region is still immature. While the results obtained from post-test prove that serious educational games in Arabic language could be used to educate Arabic users about security concepts and increase security awareness. In addition, the results reflect that employees need more training (as their performance were the lowest among different demographic participants) to help them correctly identify phishing sites. Moreover, by inspecting participants’ responses, we identified that similar and deceptive domains, is the hardest URL phishing category to be correctly identified by users. So, we should pay more attention to this category while performing users training. Application/improvements: Our anti-phishing game is the first security educational game in Arabic language. It proves the effectiveness of serious games as a training tool. It is a step towards raising security awareness in Arabic region.Keywords: Anti-Phishing, Attack, Arabic, Game, Framework

Risk-Based Approach in the Self-Assessment of Nuclear Security Culture for Users of Radioactive Sources

The current emphasis on the need to protect radioactive sources from being used for malicious purposes makes it imperative to explore and shape an appropriate culture-based response. Promoting a robust security culture is consistent with the international legal instruments and standards including the Code of Conduct for the Safety and Security of Radioactive Sources and IAEA guidance publications. This promotion would be dependent upon the successful implementation of relevant self-assessment tools and a series of culture indicators, both of which would serve as benchmarks to take a culture’s measure and identify practical ways to improve security. This approach must adjust the generic IAEA model and self-assessment methodology for nuclear security culture in order to accommodate the specific requirements in operation when using radioactive sources. Though the IAEA’s concept of security culture and its self-assessment recommendations are designed to be generic in order to apply to a wide range of facilities and activities, the modifications proposed in this paper are needed to make those recommendations more user friendly and consistent with the security risks and requirements. The distinct features of the proposed recommendations, to be reflected in the new design of security culture, can be summarized as: continued prevalence of safety orientation, application in diverse work environments, multiple and inter-modal transport, integration of host organizations into overall security regime, mobile and portable operation, limited security awareness and resources, and disposal challenges. These special features also justify a differentiated approach to security culture inside organizations licensed to use radioactive sources. More frequent and more concerted efforts, including training and self-assessment, are expected to focus on a select group of employees who have direct relationships with radioactive sources (e.g. management teams, security personnel, operational staff, technicians and others). For other employees, efforts would be made concurrently to engage them in the process of raising security awareness, a less proactive endeavor than the development of security culture. The proposed differentiation is a targeted approach designed to make time and resource investment in training and culture assessment commensurate with specific roles and responsibilities of individuals. This risk-based approach can facilitate a more robust and sustainable security regime for radioactive sources throughout their life cycle, i.e. from cradle to grave.

A biztonságtudatosítás megjelenése a terrorelhárítás területén

Terrorist acts have occurred in the lives of certain societies since antiquity. Although their content and forms have undergone significant changes over the past centuries, their main characteristics, the threat of violence and the use of violence against society, have remained. It can be established that the phenomenon poses a real risk in the current circumstances. Due to the magnitude and importance of direct and indirect damages in case of a terrorist attack, the counter-terrorism also belongs to those areas which must be payed particular attention in order to prevent terorrism and, in particular, to raise security awareness. Indeed, activities by law enforcement and national security agencies can support the society in preventing and mitigating the negative effects of terrorist attacks. Recognising the importance of prevention, several countries including Hungary have launched various prevention programs in the field of counterterrorism in recent years.

(In)Secure Android Debugging: Security analysis and lessons learned

Universal Serial Bus (USB) is currently one of the most popular standards that controls communication between personal computers (PCs) and their peripheral devices. Thus, it is important to establish whether such connections are properly secured especially when USB is used to connect devices like smartphones, tablets, etc. where sensitive user data can be potentially stored. For this reason, this paper evaluates security of the recent Android versions with respect to the USB-related attacks. In particular, we present a novel approach to compromise Android-based devices by exploiting Android Debug Bridge (ADB) protocol using Man in the Middle (MitM) attacks. Comprehensive analysis of those types of attacks have revealed five novel security vulnerabilities in the Android OS. Security gaps found in this paper cannot only be used to bypass the lock screen security and to gain unauthorized access to the user’s private data but also to enable future ADB attacks by incorporating a backdoor to bypass phone security at any time. We also developed a tool which exploits all discovered vulnerabilities and can serve as a security mean to assess current ADB implementations as well as future protocol improvements. By disclosing new security weaknesses we want to raise security awareness of the users, researches, security professionals, and developers related to the USB-related attacks and to the threat they pose not only to PCs but also to the USB devices.

دور إذاعات الــF.M فی إمداد الشباب الجامعی بالمعلومات حول الأمن الاجتماعی

تحددت مشکلة الدراسة فى: التعرف على دور إذاعات الــF.M إمداد الشباب الجامعي بالمعلومات حول الأمن وقد هدفت الدراسة إلى التعرف على حجم المعلومات التى تقدمها برامج إذاعات FM عن الأمن الاجتماعي، وتنتمي هذه الدراسة إلى الدراسات الوصفية، واعتمدت على منهج المسح الإعلامي، استخدمت الدراسة استمارة الاستبيان، حيث طبقت على عينة قوامها (400) طالب من الجامعات المصرية وتوصلت إلى:- أن أهم أسباب استماع الشباب الجامعي لإذاعات FM هى: أن (التسلية والترفيه وقت الفراغ) جاء فى الترتيب الاول، يليها (تقدم برامجها بشکل جديد وجذاب يختلف عن باقي الإذاعات)، ثم (لإکتساب معلومات ومعارف مختلفة6)، أما بالترتيب الرابع (تتميز بتنوع المحتوى)، أما بالترتيب الخامس (للتعرف على خبرات وتجارب الأخرين)، أما الترتيب السادس(تقدم برامجها بلغة إذاعية سهلة وقريبة من الشباب).- جاءت أهم موضوعات الأمن التى تهتم بها إذاعات F.M بشکل أکبر هذه الأيام من وجهة نظر الشباب الجامعي وقد تمثلت في الفساد الاجتماعي فى الترتيب الاول، وجاء الترتيب الثاني إنعدام الراقابة، أما تفعيل قوانين المرور والحد من الحوادث فقط جاء بالترتيب الثالث، وفي الترتيب الرابع جاء الخدمات الصحية. توجد فروق ذات دلالة إحصائية بين متوسطات درجات المبحوثين على مقياس دور إذاعات FM التوعية بالأمن تبعا لاختلاف الجامعات (القاهرة- عين شمس- معهد الجزيرة- مصر الدولية). Abstract The Role of FM Radio stations in providing university students with information about security The problem of study: The problem of study is determined by: What is role of FM radio stations in obstructing youth of university with information on on methodology of media survey, The study used questionnaire form, which was applied to a sample of (400) students from Egyptian universities and found that: - The most important reasons for listening to university youth FM radio are: (Entertainment and leisure) came in first order, followed by (offering a new and attractive program different from rest of radio), then (to acquire different information and knowledge 6), in fourth order (characterized by diversity of content), in fifth order (to learn about experiences and experiences ), And in sixth rank (programs are offered in an easy language and close to youth). - The most important topics of security, which are more interested in FM broadcasts these days from point of view of young university students were in social corruption in first order, In second order lack of arrogance, and the activation of traffic laws and reduce Accidents only came third in order, and in fourth ranking health services came. There were statistically significant differences between average scores of respondents on role of FM radio in raising security awareness according to different universities (Cairo - Ain Shams - Aljazeera Institute - Egypt International).

Understanding Security Threats in Spam Detection on Social Networks

Social network has become a very popular way for internet users to communicate and interact online. The socia; networks provide a platform to maintain a contact with friends. Increasing social network’s popularity allows all of them to collect large amounts of personal details about their users. Globally, the issue of identifying spammers have received great attention due to its practical relevance in the field of social network analysis. Social network community users are fed with irrelevant information while surfing, due to spammer's activity. Spam pervades any information system such as e-mail or web, social, blog or reviews platform. The aim of this paper is to examine previous works in the field of spam detection in social networks, the study attempts to review various spam detection frameworks which details about the detection and elimination of spam's in various sources, By classification and Clustering Method of spam detection and by raising security awareness among the users of social networks and stake holders , by prescribing a strategic approach or data mining approach for analyzing the nature of spam detection on social networks.

Sharing Information: Report on the LIBER Library Security Network (LSN) Since 2002

On 2 July 2002, the Executive Board of LIBER, in line with the Copenhagen Principles of 14 May 2002, endorsed the establishment of a Library Security Network to facilitate the exchange of confidential security information among European national, university and other important research libraries with valuable collections. The Network came into being at the end of 2002. It has now been running for more than five years. The objective was, and is, to create a safe information and communication network, based on e-mail, for European library directors and security managers. This paper aims to review the experience: Has the system worked? Has it helped in terms of preventing crime, in solving crimes, in raising security awareness among the member institutions? Furthermore, the aim is to contribute to a revision in the broader perspective of a European context: Is it enough? Should it work otherwise? Are there other channels of information? Should the Network be expanded?

Getting the most from training sessions: the art of raising security awareness without curing insomnia

In the first of a new series on the human side of infosecurity, Wendy Goucher gives top training session tips.

Security Awareness Management implementing security in business processes by management education

The implementation of secure business processes has become a vital necessity for companies, nowadays. Security issues have been especially covered with regard to IT-security. Comprehensive technical means are available, promising to guarantee security. Actual studies show that despite of implementing these technical solutions, security threats are still evolving when performing business processes in everyday work life. Human interactions in information systems count up for most of these threats. In order to raise security awareness of employees, management education can have a significant contribution. In this paper, we develop a general model for the implementation of security by means of management education based on findings in the field of IT-security management. These findings are based on behavioural science and used to develop a process model for controlling security awareness with an educational approach. To evaluate the model, we present a case study by applying the model in practice. By means of that, we finally derive conclusions and lessons learned from a management perspective as well as from a researcher's point of view.

New scheme aims to raise security awareness

New scheme aims to raise security awareness

The password predictor—a training aid for raising security awareness

Despite warnings against it, students persist in using easy-to-guess passwords. This program, intended for use by UNIX system administrators, provides an object lesson. It attacks the one-way-encrypted password file and when it guesses a password, stores an encrypted warning message in the user's area. The user's password is the crypto key. We also demonstrate the vulnerability of a UNIX system to massive password search using high speed computing resources.