Current uni students ‘less vulnerable to cybercrime’

  • 10 November 2015
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It is rare that I can post any good news about security issues but this is one of those occasions.
Although this is a study on a higher education group, it is a start.
 
By Narinder Purba posted 10 Nov 2015
 
Current university students have a strong understanding of how best to use social media, resulting in them being “less vulnerable to cybercrime”.
 
This is according to a study by Kingston Business School in the UK, which found that in comparison to recent graduates, they tend to be “safer users” of websites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and Instagram.
 
As a result of knowing how to use social media in an effective and mature way, current students reported fewer instances of harassment and exposure to offensive content.
 
Associate professor Vladlena Benson, a specialist in accounting, finance and informatics, and lead author of this paper, attributes some of this to the work done by universities to better safeguard its students.
 
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Good article. Proves a point "Education and Knowledge" is key factor on battling cyber crime. Awareness is important and should be constant everyday.
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Indeed, I actually noticed that when my Daughter was doing her stint at Uni...I was very impressed with the set up at her Uni; some of the processes and mechanisms used by the Uni IT Department where top notch and certainly better than some that one finds in some commercial institutions...LOL.

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