The degree of cybersecurity awareness among male and female graduate students at the College of Education at Imam Muhammad bin Saud Islamic University and ways to enhance it from their point of view

Abstract

The study aimed to identify the degree of awareness of cybersecurity concepts, the awareness degree of cybersecurity applications, and the most prominent ways to enhance cybersecurity awareness among male and female graduate students at the College of Education at Imam Mohammad ibn Saud Islamic University from their point of view.  To achieve this goal, the researcher used the descriptive survey method. The most important results of the study were that the members of the study community have a (high) degree of awareness of the concepts of cyber security, which indicates the broad awareness of the members of the study community of the dangers of compromising cyber security, and the importance of awareness of it. The members of the study community have a (high) degree of awareness of cybersecurity applications, which indicates the high level of knowledge of the study community about cybersecurity applications. The study community members agreed on ways to enhance cybersecurity awareness. The study recommended activating the College of Education for several measures that contribute to raising the degree of cybersecurity awareness among male and female graduate students in the college awareness, cyber security, ways of reinforcement, postgraduate students.