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Importance of Information Security Education and Awareness in Ghana

by Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Dickson Keddy Wornyo, Elias Nii Noi Ocquaye
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Communications on Applied Electronics
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 6 - Number 6
Year of Publication: 2017
Authors: Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Dickson Keddy Wornyo, Elias Nii Noi Ocquaye
10.5120/cae2017652479

Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Dickson Keddy Wornyo, Elias Nii Noi Ocquaye . Importance of Information Security Education and Awareness in Ghana. Communications on Applied Electronics. 6, 6 ( Jan 2017), 30-35. DOI=10.5120/cae2017652479

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author = { Patrick Kwaku Kudjo, Dickson Keddy Wornyo, Elias Nii Noi Ocquaye },
title = { Importance of Information Security Education and Awareness in Ghana },
journal = { Communications on Applied Electronics },
issue_date = { Jan 2017 },
volume = { 6 },
number = { 6 },
month = { Jan },
year = { 2017 },
issn = { 2394-4714 },
pages = { 30-35 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://www.caeaccess.org/archives/volume6/number6/699-2016652479/ },
doi = { 10.5120/cae2017652479 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%A Dickson Keddy Wornyo
%A Elias Nii Noi Ocquaye
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%J Communications on Applied Electronics
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%N 6
%P 30-35
%D 2017
%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

The advent of the computer age has incited an increasing interest in the fundamental data sets that can now easily be stored and investigated. The introduction of computer network and internet bridges the communication barriers between millions of people hereby making security an inevitable issue to deal with. There are several aspects to security and many applications, ranging from secure commerce and payments to private communications and protecting of passwords. One essential aspect for secure communication is that of cryptography, the recent growth in business, education and communication of Ghana’s economy cause for a toughly cyber security education and awareness. Most Cyber-attacks are due to lack of education, awareness and users who ignore security practices. We propose to use a survey and experiment to create a model to improve the level of information security education and awareness in the country.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Access Control Bell-La Padula Cyber-Security Cryptography Education

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