An investigation of pre-service teachers’ security awareness on social networking sites<p>Öğretmen adaylarının sosyal ağ sitelerinde güvenlik farkındalıklarının incelenmesi
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Pre-service teachers, social networking sites, security awareness, information security, security risks, Öğretmen adayları, sosyal ağ siteleri, güvenlik farkındalığı, bilgi güvenliği, güvenlik riskleriAbstract
The purpose of this research is to investigate pre-service teachers’ security awareness on social networking sites. Survey method was used in this research. The survey of “Security Awareness on Social Networking Sites” was used as data collection tool developed by the researchers. The data were collected from 909 pre-service teachers from Faculty of Education of Ahi Evran University in academic year of 2013-2014. The findings of this research indicate that pre-service teachers mostly use Facebook, Youtube and Twitter social networking sites. They mostly prefer smart phone and laptop to login social networking sites. The findings of security awareness on social networking sites; participants have high security awareness about keeping confidential login password and security question’s answer. They have low security awareness about reading security policy and use conditions on social networking sites. Further, female participants have higher security awareness than male participants about reading security policy and use conditions on social networking sites. Male participants have higher security awareness than female participants about using security software.
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Bu araştırmanın amacı öğretmen adaylarının sosyal ağ sitelerinde güvenlik farkındalıklarını araştırmaktır. Araştırmada tarama modeli kullanılmıştır. Veri toplama aracı olarak, araştırmacılar tarafından geliştirilen “Sosyal Ağ Sitelerinde Güvenlik Farkındalığı” anketi kullanılmıştır. Araştırmaya 2013-2014 akademik yılında Ahi Evran Üniversitesi Eğitim Fakültesinde öğrenim gören 909 öğretmen adayı katılmıştır. Araştırma sonuçlarına göre öğretmen adayları sosyal ağ sitelerinden en fazla Facebook, Youtube ve Twitter’ı kullanmaktadırlar. Sosyal ağ sitelerine giriş yapmak için ise en fazla akıllı telefon ve dizüstü bilgisayarlarını tercih etmektedirler. Sosyal ağ sitelerinde güvenlik farkındalığı sonuçlarına göre; katılımcılar giriş şifresi ve güvenlik sorusunun cevabını gizli tutma konusunda yüksek güvenlik farkındalığına sahiptir. Katılımcılar sosyal ağ sitelerinde güvenlik politikasını ve kullanım şartlarını okuma konusunda ise düşük güvenlik farkındalığına sahiptir. Ayrıca, kadın katılımcıların sosyal ağ sitelerinde güvenlik politikası ve kullanım şartları okuma konusunda erkek katılımcılara oranla yüksek güvenlik farkındalığına sahip olduğu görülmüştür. Güvenlik duvarı yazılımı kullanma konusunda ise erkek katılımcıların kadın katılımcılara oranla daha yüksek güvenlik farkındalığına sahip olduğu görülmüştür.
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