Examining the awareness of students, teachers, parents and school administrators aimed at information security

The aim of the research is to investigate the awareness of students, parents, teachers and school administrators in public and private schools about information security and to examine whether the opinions of these stakeholders differ between public and private schools. Mixed method was applied in the study. In the working group of the study, in the quantitative part of the study, 200 students and 120 teachers, 50 students and 30 teachers from secondary and high schools, selected from 2 private schools and 2 public schools determined by easily accessible sampling method. has taken place. In the qualitative part, 3 students, 3 parents, 3 teachers and 1 school administrators were selected from each school and a total of 12 students, 12 parents, 12 teachers and 4 school administrators participated in the study. The data collection tools of the research are demographic information questionnaires prepared for students and teachers, Information Security Awareness Scale developed for students and teachers separately, and semi-structured interview questions developed for students, teachers and parents. Significance level was accepted as p <0.05 in the analysis of the data obtained from the research. Independent sample t test (ANOVA) and independent sample t test (ANOVA) were used to examine the difference between the scale scores of students and teachers in public and private schools. The interviews conducted in line with the qualitative research method were also interpreted with descriptive analysis method. As a result of the analyzes performed; It is seen that the students who are educated in private schools according to the type of school, and the students who are educated in secondary school are higher than the school level, the students who are educated in the private school are more aware than the students who are educated in high school and the students who are educated in the public school. levels were found to be higher. In addition, when evaluated according to gender, it was concluded that the awareness level of male students was higher. It was seen that the level of awareness of the students in the private school, which was obtained from quantitative data, was higher and could be supported by qualitative data. Concerning the difference of awareness level among the students in secondary and high school levels, the results did not fully support each other. When the teachers were evaluated according to the school level, it was seen that the awareness level of the teachers working in high school was higher and that of the teachers working in the public school was higher among the teachers working in the public school. However, this result was not fully supported by qualitative data. When the results were evaluated according to the gender of the teachers, it was seen that the awareness level of male teachers was higher. Moreover, it was concluded that the awareness levels of the teachers who spent longer time on the Internet and computer were higher. When the Information Security Awareness Scale analyzes of the school administrators were evaluated, it was seen that the school administrators working in the private school had higher awareness levels than the school administrators working in the public school. The results obtained from the quantitative data were supported by qualitative data. As a result of the interviews with the parents, it was concluded that a significant portion of the parents had low levels of awareness and that they were inadequate in observing their children and directing them for conscious use. In line with these results, it has been suggested that seminars specific to each target group can be organized in order to raise the awareness levels of students, parents, teachers and school administrators in private schools and public schools, and awareness raising can be provided for the problems to be experienced.