The Awareness of Security Breach among IT Users in Kolej PolyTech MARA, Batu Pahat

Abstract

Recently, network security has become a major concern in cyber world. Thus, the need for cyber security is higher in order to ensure data safety and privacy. The internet is widely used in internet banking, online shopping, data storage, global positioning system, media and many other social applications. Security has become a critical aspect in an overall information security area. Human error inadvertently causes security breaches if the user fails to practice safety behavior. This study was conducted to investigate the factors contributed by individuals and organization on information on security awareness towards security breach among IT users in Kolej Poly-Tech MARA Batu Pahat (KPTM BP). By observing the literature review and related research, this study proposed a research model of the awareness of security breach by relying on the individual, organization and information security awareness. In conjunction with the proposed model, this study addresses 2 hypotheses which are; H1- there is no relationship between independent variables and dependent variables; H2- there is a relationship between independent variables and dependent variables. The descriptive research has been used to investigate the awareness of information security focusing on human error, policies and procedures and information security awareness in education and experience via questionnaires. The respondents of this study comprise of 155 IT users in KPTM that used snowball sampling to gather data. This study can be used to assist the IT Officer in Batu Pahat and others branches in KPTM to monitor the awareness level of users towards information security, thus enabling them to design an effective information security awareness programs such as campaign, seminar and case study. Meanwhile, KPTM, Batu Pahat, can also utilise this study to design a more robust system of policies and procedures that would safeguard the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the system. For future work, this study can be implemented in other private and public colleagues and universities to cover a larger population for the purpose of sampling.