The rapid technological developments associated with the decrease in the cost of smartphones made the latter more accessible and convenient to be used. In an educational setting, students are increasingly bringing their smartphones to classrooms, this could have serious security implications, particularly when students are less aware of smartphone information security threats. This paper is set out to provide an empirical comparison in the level of information security awareness among college students in terms of knowledge and behavior. The main aim is to find the difference between students’ awareness level of information security using smartphones vs. computers. A descriptive research design was adopted and an online survey method was employed. Research findings showed that students were highly aware of some information security concepts, however, they behaved differently in protecting their smartphones compared to computers. Training campaigns are suggested to be conducted aiming to educate students with possible information security risks related to smartphone usage in educational settings.

与智能手机成本降低相关的快速技术发展，使智能手机更加易于使用和使用。在教育环境中，学生越来越多地将智能手机带到教室，这可能会带来严重的安全隐患，尤其是当学生不太了解智能手机信息安全威胁时。本文旨在就知识和行为方面对大学生的信息安全意识水平进行实证比较。主要目的是发现学生使用智能手机与计算机的信息安全意识水平之间的差异。采用描述性研究设计，并采用在线调查方法。研究结果表明，学生高度了解某些信息安全概念，但是，与计算机相比，他们在保护智能手机方面的行为有所不同。建议开展培训活动，以教育学生与在教育环境中使用智能手机有关的可能的信息安全风险。