E-Security Awareness among Developing Nations |
The growth in the internet and its technologies has been increasing over the past few years. Especially, across all the cities in India there has been a tremendous growth in technology. At the same time the threats which are faced by today’s internet users is also increasing. Many new types of threats are emerging each day and users are facing a difficult time dealing with the threats. There has to be much awareness created among the user from the basic knowledge of installing an antivirus program to configuring one.
Ramar NBS, Atkinson S
This research will be looking at users’ awareness among the internet security and their knowledge towards them. The aim of the research is to analyse the current security threats on the market and find how users’ consider internet security. The research was carried using a survey which contained 22 questions about security threats they have come across, security technologies they use and to what extent they are aware about security policies.
The results of the research shows us that, the level of awareness among individuals who use internet are comparatively low, with many users’ being a victim to online attacks. But if we consider on an average they have showed improvement comparing to the previous results done by some researches. The research will provide recommendations on how to improve security when accessing the internet.