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A Study Of Information Security Awareness And Practices In Saudi Arabia, Abdulaziz Alarifi, Holly Tootell, Peter Hyland

Associate Professor Peter Hyland

Although the Web, cell phoneand cloud computing put a world of information at our fingertips, that information is under constant threat from cyber vandals and hackers. While 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 the Malaysian …