Awareness of cybercrime threats and cybercrimes by internet users in educational institutions Surin Province

Abstract

                The objectives of this research are to 1) study the experience of cyber threats and cybercrime of internet network users in educational institutions, 2) to study the knowledge of cyber threats and cybercrimes of internet network users in educational institutions. Surin province and, 3) To compare the level of threat and cybercrime awareness among internet users in educational institutions in Surin Province. This is quantitative research and use questionnaires as a research tool. The population includes Students, Alumni Teachers, teachers, staff and school administrators. There are 400 people of samples size and uses simple geospatial and random sampling to obtain a proportional number of cohorts in proportion to the population size.

The results showed that internet network users in educational institutions in Surin Province. There is an Experience with threats and cybercrime is low (79.00 percent). There are low levels of knowledge of threats and cybercrime (91.75 percent) and there are the greatest level of awareness          of threats and cybercrime (=4.55, SD.=0.68). When classified according to personal factors, different ages and work experiences have different levels of awareness of threats and cybercrimes, and users who are experienced and knowledgeable about threats and cybercrime at a large level will also have a high level of awareness of threats and cybercrimes.