User Online Information Security Practices: The South African Context
Subtitle: ICCS 2014
Publisher: Association of Scientists, Developers and Faculties
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Bangkok, Thailand
Language: eng
Format: Hardcopy
Number of pages: 309
ISBN-13: 9788192523354
Description: There is a growing number of people with access to the Internet smartphones and other mobile devices and this number is growing even more so in developing countries. This translates to a rapid increase in online users and subsequently an increase in the number of people who could be susceptible to information security exploitation, depending on their knowledge of personal information protection and online etiquette. This study explores how users conduct themselves online and whether they reflect information security awareness. This study is a quantitative one where a survey method was used in collecting the data. The user responses were analyzed to determine their online information security practices, and if they are security-oriented or not.