Faculty and Students Of Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati On Cybercrime And Education
Henry V.L Nghilhlova Zote, Tania Sur Roy · Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) · 2022
This study examined the level of cybercrime awareness among the faculty members and students at Assam Don Bosco University. Descriptive cum normative survey was adopted to obtain data from 20 faculty members and 80 students from both schools of Social Sciences and Sciences. Results display that half of the faculty members out of 20 respondents were found to have a below-average level of cybercrime knowledge and out of 80 students 53 fall under average and below-average level of cybercrime awareness. Moreover, students claimed to have basic cybercrime knowledge but are not well informed of how to protect themselves from cyber threats and universities do not have an active cybercrime and safety awareness program to improve students’ knowledge on how to protect themselves from any threats. the significance of increasing awareness by providing effective solutions for reducing the risk of becoming entangled in cybercrime is vital and the need to consider cyber-ethics and cyber-values in the curriculum, and frequent awareness sessions on cybercrime preventive strategies are needed at academic institutions to make students and faculties aware of the latest cyber threats and changes. Students and faculties can be aware by organizing workshops, seminars, conferences, etc. The present paper is therefore an effort to understand the role of education and its awareness regarding the preventive measures taken against cybercrime. The researcher has tried to bring into light the significance and relevant perspectives regarding the approach towards cybercrimes in the present era.