Method: A self-designed research instrument was administered for data collection while descriptive and inferential statistics were employed using chi-square, cross-tabulation and t-test for data analysis and result interpretation.
Objective: Using quantitative methods on selected social sites, this study empirically examined the information security awareness of SN users in south western Nigeria. Unfortunately, the seamless communication and semblance of safety assumed by most users make them oblivious to the potential online dangers. They are at the same time being exploited by criminals to fraudulently obtain information from unsuspecting users. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution,Īnd reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.īackground: Social networks (SNs) offer new and exciting opportunities for interaction among people, cutting across different stratum of the society and providing a ubiquitous mechanism that supports a wide variety of activities. Okesola, Adebukola Onashoga, Afolakemi Ogunbanwo Īn investigation into users’ information security awareness on social networks in south western Nigeria & Ogunbanwo, A., 2016, ‘An investigation into users’ information security awareness on social networks in south western Nigeria’, South African Journal of Information Management 18(1), a721.
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