Open AccessImproving Protection and Security Awareness Amongst Home User
Author(s) -
Muhammad Farhan,
Muhammed Fazil Ali,
Sajid Ahmed Khan,
Syed Shaji Ul hassan
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
international journal of advanced network, monitoring, and controls
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2470-8038
DOI - 10.21307/ijanmc-2016-001
Subject(s) - security awareness , hacker , internet privacy , the internet , computer security , task (project management) , human computer interaction in information security , perception , end user , home security , computer science , affect (linguistics) , information security , business , security service , world wide web , network security policy , engineering , systems engineering , neuroscience , biology , linguistics , philosophy
The growth of the Internet brings threats to the end user, which affects the home users more severely. The result from the different surveys shows that these vulnerabilities affect home user very badly. As strong security, controls have been implemented in businesses to minimize losses, hackers and fraudsters have moved their attention towards end users, which are normally easier prey. The increase in the need of security amongst end users is an important task of the today. A small security survey has been conducted to get an overview of the user’s perception about Internet security and their knowledge. Some suggestions are also given which would help to create awareness about Internet security in home users.