Cyber security education is as essential as “the three R's”

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dc.contributor.authorVenter, Isabella M.
dc.contributor.authorBlignaut, Renette J.
dc.contributor.authorRenaud, Karen
dc.contributor.authorVenter, Anja
dc.date.accessioned2022-11-02T08:50:15Z
dc.date.available2022-11-02T08:50:15Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSmartphones have diffused rapidly across South African society and constitute the most dominant information and communication technologies in everyday use. That being so, it is important to ensure that all South Africans know how to secure their smart devices. Doing so requires a high level of security awareness and knowledge. As yet, there is no formal curriculum addressing cyber security in South African schools. Indeed, it seems to be left to universities to teach cyber security principles, and they currently only do this when students take computingrelated courses. The outcome of this approach is that only a very small percentage of South Africans, i.e. those who take computing courses at university, are made aware of cyber security risks and know how to take precautions. In this paper we found that, because this group is overwhelmingly male, this educational strategy disproportionately leaves young South African women vulnerable to cyber-attacks. We thus contend that cyber security ought to be taught as children learn the essential “3 Rs”—delivering requisite skills at University level does not adequately prepare young South Africans for a world where cyber security is an essential skill. Starting to provide awareness and knowledge at primary school, and embedding it across the curriculum would, in addition to ensuring that people have the skills when they need them, also remove the current gender imbalance in cyber security awareness.en_US
dc.identifier.citationVenter A.et alen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2019.e02855
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8130
dc.publisherCELLPRESSen_US
dc.subjectComputer scienceen_US
dc.subjectEducation Gendereden_US
dc.subjectcyber-crimeen_US
dc.subjectSmartphone Educationen_US
dc.subjectCyber securityen_US
dc.subjectGenderen_US
dc.titleCyber security education is as essential as “the three R's”en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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