DEVELOPMENT OF INFORMATION SECURITY AWARENESS SCALE
Hafize Keser, Can Güldüren · DergiPark (Istanbul University) · 2015
The purpose of the this study is to develop an “information security awareness scale” for faculty members to determine the level of information securty awareness. The study was con-ducted with 363 faculty members working in various higher education institutions in Turkey. As a result of exploratory factor analysis, it was determined that the scale consists of 34 items and 2 subscales (‘attacks and threats’ and ‘the protection of personal data’). Confirmatory factor analysis was conducted with randomly selected group of 200 academicians among participants. Two-factor structure was confirmed. Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient is .97 forthe entire scale; .94, .97, respectively, for each subscale. Consequently in this study, a valid and reliable instrument that can be used to determine the level of information security awareness of faculty members has been developed.