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Study of Cybersecurity Awareness Enhancement through Mobile Applications for High School Students

Bandreddi, Jyothi Priyanka
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3024-9678
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1607082789196008

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2020, Master of Science, University of Toledo, Engineering (Computer Science).
Technology developments and the growth in the use of the Internet through mobile devices have contributed to greater visibility of cybercrime by organizations and individuals. As teens are easy targets of these cybercrimes, they need to be trained on developments in cybersecurity as educating students on current cyber attacks is seen as a powerful tool to teach cybersecurity. This work presents a pedagogical strategy to train students to recognise and respond to potential attacks to alleviate them. This is achieved by cybersecurity activities based on observational, experiential, and real-life practice. Two malicious phishing android applications have been developed, namely Social-Phish, Chat-Phish, and one focusing on cyber-secure practices, namely Quiz Your Permissions. By thoroughly exercising the application, psychological learning is emphasized in this approach. The underlying objectives of this research are to establish a security mindset, to raise awareness of threats associated with the use of smartphones and tablets, and to instill interest among high school students in cybersecurity careers.
Ahmad Y Javaid (Committee Chair)
Devinder Kaur (Committee Member)
Weiqing Sun (Committee Member)
94 p.
Computer Engineering; Curriculum Development; Education
cybersecurity education; security mindset; smartphone apps; mobile education; curriculum; high school; phishing; cyber safe practices

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  • Bandreddi, J. P. (2020). Study of Cybersecurity Awareness Enhancement through Mobile Applications for High School Students [Master's thesis, University of Toledo]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1607082789196008

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Bandreddi, Jyothi. Study of Cybersecurity Awareness Enhancement through Mobile Applications for High School Students. 2020. University of Toledo, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1607082789196008.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Bandreddi, Jyothi. "Study of Cybersecurity Awareness Enhancement through Mobile Applications for High School Students." Master's thesis, University of Toledo, 2020. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=toledo1607082789196008

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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