期刊名称：International Journal of Innovative Research in Computer and Communication Engineering
印刷版ISSN：2320-9798
电子版ISSN：2320-9801
出版年度：2014
卷号：2
期号：5
出版社：S&S Publications
摘要：Information Security awareness has been an important vehicle in the acknowledgement, training and exposure of Information threats , vulnerabilities and attacks. This has brought about a large number of training programs and technical researches in order to make people aware of the dangers that haunt them in this computing world. The emergence of new technologies has had a twofold effect on the people that use them. Most technologies have brought a significant imp rovement as far as ava ilability , processing and storage is concerned. However, the issue of security has been an obstacle in the full acceptance of the technologies and also user appreciation. Therefore this paper discusses the issues that are recently impacting Information Sec urity Awareness in line with the current technological trends. It also aims at providing the best ways of alerting peopl e on how to implement Information security measures in this current technological world and thereby building confidence in users. The pa per will also del ve into issues like social engineering, email attacks, Smartphone/ mobile attacks and social networks confidentiality
关键词：Information securit y awareness; RIST; threats; vulnerabilities; attacks; social engineering; smartphone; social networks; confidentiality
