Cyber Security Awareness Among University Students: A Case Study

Abstract

This paper reports the preliminary outcomes of a quantitative survey intended to identify
students' awareness and enthusiasm to learn cybersecurity in Nigerian Universities. The
objective of the survey was to see how students in this developing country are mindful of cyberattacks and how they can mitigate the attacks and to find out if the cybersecurity awareness
program is among the University program. The preliminary results indicated that the students
claimed to have basic cybersecurity knowledge, but are not well informed of how to protect their
data. It also seems that most Universities do not have an active cybersecurity awareness
program to improve students' knowledge on how to protect themselves from any threats. The
surveyed students also show interest in learning more about cybersecurity