Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study

People's perception and attitude towards computer ethics and information security significantly affect the way they use information technology. This is especially the case among university students who are generally regarded as major violators of computer ethics and computer security. This pap...

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Main Authors:	Aliyu, Mansur, Abdallah, Nahel A. O., Lasisi, Nojeem A., Diyar, Dahir, Zeki, Ahmed M.
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2010
Subjects:	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/1/irep_id_2451.pdf

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spelling	iium-25252012-02-16T06:09:28Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study Aliyu, Mansur Abdallah, Nahel A. O. Lasisi, Nojeem A. Diyar, Dahir Zeki, Ahmed M. QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science People's perception and attitude towards computer ethics and information security significantly affect the way they use information technology. This is especially the case among university students who are generally regarded as major violators of computer ethics and computer security. This paper follows previous work on computer security and ethics. The paper intend to examine the level of ethical and security awareness among IT and education students. The findings of this study reveals that there are satisfactory levels of awareness among the students surveyed with slightly higher level of awareness among IT students, most likely due to security and ethics courses they offered. Also, the findings indicate that gender-wise male students reported higher level of computer security and ethics violations than their female counterparts. The paper concludes that female students are more conscious of security and ethics while using computer (e.g. Internet) than the male students. Furthermore, IT students were found to be more aware of internet security & ethics, but largely ignore this knowledge and are more engaged in unethical activities and illegal internet practices when compared with Education students. 2010 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/1/irep_id_2451.pdf Aliyu, Mansur and Abdallah, Nahel A. O. and Lasisi, Nojeem A. and Diyar, Dahir and Zeki, Ahmed M. (2010) Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study. In: 2010 International Conference on Information and Communication Technology for the Muslim World (ICT4M), 13-14 December 2010, Jakarta, Indonesia. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICT4M.2010.5971884 doi:10.1109/ICT4M.2010.5971884
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spellingShingle	QA75 Electronic computers. Computer science Aliyu, Mansur Abdallah, Nahel A. O. Lasisi, Nojeem A. Diyar, Dahir Zeki, Ahmed M. Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
description	People's perception and attitude towards computer ethics and information security significantly affect the way they use information technology. This is especially the case among university students who are generally regarded as major violators of computer ethics and computer security. This paper follows previous work on computer security and ethics. The paper intend to examine the level of ethical and security awareness among IT and education students. The findings of this study reveals that there are satisfactory levels of awareness among the students surveyed with slightly higher level of awareness among IT students, most likely due to security and ethics courses they offered. Also, the findings indicate that gender-wise male students reported higher level of computer security and ethics violations than their female counterparts. The paper concludes that female students are more conscious of security and ethics while using computer (e.g. Internet) than the male students. Furthermore, IT students were found to be more aware of internet security & ethics, but largely ignore this knowledge and are more engaged in unethical activities and illegal internet practices when compared with Education students.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Aliyu, Mansur Abdallah, Nahel A. O. Lasisi, Nojeem A. Diyar, Dahir Zeki, Ahmed M.
author_facet	Aliyu, Mansur Abdallah, Nahel A. O. Lasisi, Nojeem A. Diyar, Dahir Zeki, Ahmed M.
author_sort	Aliyu, Mansur
title	Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
title_short	Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
title_full	Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
title_fullStr	Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
title_full_unstemmed	Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study
title_sort	computer security and ethics awareness among iium students: an empirical study
publishDate	2010
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/2525/1/irep_id_2451.pdf
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Computer security and ethics awareness among IIUM students: an empirical study

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