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Information Security Awareness In Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Alarifi, H. Tootell, Peter Hyland

Dr Holly Tootell

While the Web, cell phone „apps‟ and cloud computing put a world of information at our fingertips, that information is under constant threat from cyber vandals and hackers. Although awareness of information threats is growing in the Western world, in places like Saudi Arabia, information security is very poor. Unlike Western pluralistic democracies, Saudi Arabia is a highly-censored country, with a patriarchical and tribal culture, which may influence its poor information security rating. This paper examines the level of information security awareness (ISA) among the general public in Saudi Arabia, using an anonymous online survey, based on instruments produced by …