THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN INFORMATION LEVEL OF INDIVIDUALS REGARDING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND THEIR PERCEPTIONS CONCERNING INFORMATION SECURITY: UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS EXAMPLE

Year 2016, Volume: 4 , 493 - 498, 01.09.2016

Faruk Süleyman Berber Ecir Uğur Küçüksille

Abstract

As
a result of the developments experienced in information technology, many such
services as bill payment, shopping, e-government transactions, access to
libraries and information sources, finding the routes to go are possible to
find in virtual worlds. Transferring all these businesses and operations to the
IT environments comes along with the security problems. Because the threats,
which come to the information shared in these environments, increse rapidly and
show great diversifications, the importance of works to be done on the security
of information is increasing with each passing day.

 

Today,
especially those information and communication devices having internet access
are used extensively by individuals. Every day, many new threats, with which
the individuals encounter while they are using these devices, and new measures
to be taken against these threats can be added to the present ones. This
situation requires users to keep up to date constantly their information on
this subject. In this study, the data which is obtained by measuring the
relationship between information level of university students concerninig
information technologies and their perceptions about information security was
shared, and measures which can be taken against information security threats
and solution proposals were presented. 

Keywords

Information security, perception of information security, digital threats

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