ABSTRACT

Cyber-attacks represent a potential threat to information security. As rates of data usage and internet consumption continue to increase, cyber awareness turned to be increasingly urgent. This study focuses on the relationships between cyber security awareness, knowledge and behavior with protection tools among individuals in general and across four countries: Israel, Slovenia, Poland and Turkey in particular. Results show that internet users possess adequate cyber threat awareness but apply only minimal protective measures usually relatively common and simple ones. The study findings also show that higher cyber knowledge is connected to the level of cyber awareness, beyond the differences in respondent country or gender. In addition, awareness is also connected to protection tools, but not to information they were willing to disclose. Lastly, findings exhibit differences between the explored countries that affect the interaction between awareness, knowledge, and behaviors. Results, implications, and recommendations for effective based cyber security training programs are presented and discussed.

摘要

网络攻击是对信息安全的潜在威胁。随着数据使用率和互联网消费率不断提高，网络意识变得越来越紧迫。本研究重点关注网络安全意识、知识和行为与保护工具之间的关系，这些关系在个人之间以及四个国家（尤其是以色列、斯洛文尼亚、波兰和土耳其）之间进行。结果表明，互联网用户具有足够的网络威胁意识，但只采取了通常相对常见和简单的最低限度的保护措施。研究结果还表明，更高的网络知识与网络意识水平有关，超出了受访者国家或性别的差异。此外，意识也与保护工具有关，但与他们愿意披露的信息无关。最后，调查结果显示了所探索国家之间的差异，这些差异影响了意识、知识和行为之间的相互作用。介绍并讨论了有效的网络安全培训计划的结果、影响和建议。