Determination of information security awareness levels and affecting factors of nurse academicians

Determination of Information Security Awareness Levels and Affecting Factors of Nurse Academicians Aim: It was aimed determine the information security awareness level of nursing academicians and the affecting factors. Materials and Method: Nurse academicians working in Faculty of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences and School of Health in Aegean Region in 2018-2019 academic year. A cross-sectional screening model was created by academicians who accepted to participate in the study. Data were collected using the "Introductory Information -Form" and "Information Security Awareness Level Determination Scale. Number and percentage distribution, variance analysis, Kruskal walls, Mann Whitney U and t test were used for the evaluation of the research data. Findings: The majority of the nursing academicians were in the 23-30 age group (39.6%), women (92.5%), married (64.2%), and moderate income (81.3%). 62.7% of nursing academicians have been using computers and internet for 11-20 years. 64.9% of them received computer training and stated that they received this training during their undergraduate education (31.3%). There was no statistically significant difference between nursing academicians' information security awareness levels and age, gender, marital status, income status and professional experience. A significant difference was found between the levels of information security awareness and the years of using the computer and the internet, and this difference was found to be in favor of those who had a computer and internet usage over 20 years. It was seen that academicians who think that the information levels related to information security are at a good level have higher information security awareness. Conclusion: It was determined that the information security awareness levels of the nursing academicians were higher than the original scale mean values in the protection of personal data sub-dimension and total scale except the attack and threats sub-dimension. Keywords; Nurse academics; information security; information security awareness