Assessing Cybersecurity Awareness: A survey study at the College of Administration and Economics – University of Mosul

Abstract

Cybersecurity awareness plays a vital role in protecting individuals and organizations from cyber-attacks. The research aims to evaluate the level of awareness of cybersecurity and the readiness of the study-community at the College of Administration and Economics/ University of Mosul to take actions that would prevent or reduce electronic risks and cyber-attacks. The study adopted the descriptive analytical method. A questionnaire survey was used to collect data for this study. The sample size was 100 respondents distributed between teachers and employees with different academic qualifications and years of service. Several statistical methods were used to analyze the data, such as arithmetic means and standard deviations to determine the level of awareness of cybersecurity among the answers of the sample studied, and to conduct One-Way ANOVA tests between the variables of the study and determine the differences in the level of awareness of cybersecurity between groups of one variable. The study concluded that there is a good level of awareness of cybersecurity and electronic safety among the members of the College of Administration and Economics at the University of Mosul. The results of the variance analysis showed that there are no statistically significant differences in the level of awareness of cybersecurity among the college’s members due to the variables of gender, class, academic qualification and years of service.