A Second Look at the Information Security Awareness among Secondary School Students

摘要

This paper focuses 'on identifying and evaluating the available security awareness tools, and later presents a study conducted to assess the level of security awareness among Libyan secondary school students covering social networks, passwords, and cyber-bullying. The quantitative methodology is applied via questionnaire in order to assess the students' awareness level. Moreover, qualitative methodology is used in order to observe secondary school students manner and behavior while they are participating in the training program. The targeted group of this study was Libyan secondary school students in Malaysia, and the sample is composed of ten students aged between 13-18 years old. The findings indicated that even the students show a slight level of awareness, but they still lack practicing the information security correctly. Therefore, a study on secondary school students' awareness level, as well as conducting security training program is crucial to avoid security risks.