A study into the cybersecurity awareness initiatives for school learners in South Africa and the UK

Kritzinger, Elmarie and Bada, Maria and Nurse, Jason R. C. (2017) A study into the cybersecurity awareness initiatives for school learners in South Africa and the UK. In: Bishop, Matt and Futcher, Lynn and Miloslavskaya, Natalia and Theocharidou, Marianthi, eds. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Information Security Education for a Global Digital Society. Springer pp. 110-120. ISBN 978-3-319-58552-9. (doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58553-6_10) (Full text available)

Abstract

This research reports on a study into the cybersecurity awareness initiatives for school learners in South Africa and the UK, which are supported by government, industry and academia. Furthermore, this article provides an overview of similarities and differences between initiatives across countries, and posits as to the reasons why they may exist. The research concludes by presenting recommendations for both countries to improve school cybersecurity initiatives.

Item Type:	Conference or workshop item (Proceeding)
Uncontrolled keywords:	Cybersecurity, Awareness, Children, Nation states
Subjects:	Q Science T Technology
Divisions:	Faculties > Sciences > School of Computing Faculties > Sciences > School of Computing > Computing Education Group Faculties > Sciences > School of Computing > Security Group
Depositing User:	Jason Nurse
Date Deposited:	03 Jul 2018 16:17 UTC
Last Modified:	04 Jul 2018 11:05 UTC
Resource URI:	https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/67471 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)