Khan Naurin Farooq, Ikram Naveed, Saleem Sumera, Zafar Saad
Riphah International University, Main Campus, I-14, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Secur J. 2022 May 29:1-33. doi: 10.1057/s41284-022-00343-4.
Cyber-security behavior research is scant with even scarce studies carried out in developing countries. We examine the cyber-security and risky Internet behaviors of undergraduate students from Pakistan, taking into account the diversity of these students in terms of demographics, socioeconomic status, and the digital divide. Data were collected using a survey questionnaire. A total of 294 students belonging to six different cities of Pakistan were surveyed employing multistage stratified sampling in face-to-face interaction. The results indicated significant differences of cyber-security posture in terms of gender, age and digital divide variables. The profiles of students based on cyber-security and risky Internet behaviors indicate three groups with a majority of them falling into group that exhibits more risk-averse yet low cyber-security behavior. Moreover, proactive cyber-security awareness behavior has a positive impact on high risk-averse behavior. The implications of the findings are studied in terms of providing customized training and awareness. The future directions are laid out for further explorations in terms of cultural differences within and cross-country contexts.
网络安全行为研究匮乏，在发展中国家开展的相关研究更是稀少。我们考察了来自巴基斯坦的本科生的网络安全及危险的网络行为，同时考虑了这些学生在人口统计学、社会经济地位和数字鸿沟方面的多样性。数据通过调查问卷收集。我们采用多阶段分层抽样，在面对面互动中对来自巴基斯坦六个不同城市的294名学生进行了调查。结果表明，在性别、年龄和数字鸿沟变量方面，网络安全态势存在显著差异。基于网络安全和危险网络行为的学生概况显示出三类群体，其中大多数属于表现出更多规避风险但网络安全行为水平较低的群体。此外，积极主动的网络安全意识行为对高规避风险行为有积极影响。我们从提供定制培训和提高意识的角度研究了这些发现的意义。还阐述了未来在国内和跨国文化差异方面进一步探索的方向。
