A scale development about information security awareness of smes against cyber risks: Sample of Gaziantep

After the advantages provided by the globalizing world and Internet technology, the Small and Medium Enterprises(SMEs) have become global companies from being regional companies. In addition to this advantage provided by the Internet and globalization, it also caused some risks for SMEs. For this reason, this study was conducted to develop a scale to measure the awareness of information security of SMEs. Content / Scope validity, criterion / related validity and construct validity of this scale have been proven. Exploratory factor analysis and confirmatory factor analysis were utilized for the construct validity, and Cronbach's alpha coefficient was used for internal consistency reliability. The importance of the study constucted a new, valid and reliable scale to measure the perception of information security awareness in SMEs.