Digital divide on cybersecurity awareness among the Malaysian higher learning institution students
Kalaimagal Ramakrishnan, Norizan Mohd Yasin, Jeyarani Periasamy · AIP conference proceedings · 2022
Today, Cybersecurity is one of the most critical challenges for anyone who is connected to the Cyberspace. However, there are limited visibility and public awareness towards this issue. This paper review the fundamentals of the Cybersecurity awareness among the Higher Learning Institution students in Malaysia. The aim is in line with the Malaysia’s Cyber Defense initiatives on the National Cybersecurity policy. This study aims to bridge the gap of the levels of Cybersecurity awareness on Cybersecurity threats among the students in the Malaysian Higher learning Institutions. Awareness in this project conceived of as comprising knowledge, behavior, and attitudes, and its relationship among these elements that influences towards Cybersecurity awareness. Since there has not been any standardized Cybersecurity policy in Higher Learning Institutions, there is a need for this research to do a critical analysis of factors affecting students’ Cybersecurity awareness in Higher Learning Institutions. The findings of this study will be helpful for the students to improve their livelihood and people around them, higher learning institutions, academicians, future employers and indirectly will help the Cybersecurity Malaysia (CSM) department. In line with the Cybersecurity Malaysia, the study contributes to a betterment of society in Malaysia.