درجة الوعي بالأمن السيبراني لدى الأشخاص ذوي الإعاقة البصرية في المملكة العربية السعودية من وجهة نظرهم

Abstract EN

The current study aimed to identify the degree of cybersecurity awareness among a sample of visually impaired persons.

to achieve the objectives of the study, a questionnaire was prepared that consisted in its final form of two parts : the first included the personal data of the participants and the second included the questionnaire’s 30 paragraphs distributed on three dimensions : awareness of cybersecurity concepts and consisted of 10 paragraphs, awareness of cybersecurity applications and consisted of 13 paragraphs and the third-dimension ways to enhance cybersecurity awareness and consist of 7 paragraphs.

after verifying the indications of honesty and reliability, the tool was applied to 56 persons with visual disabilities.

the results indicated that the total degree of cybersecurity awareness was medium, and it was also medium on the first dimension and high on the second and third dimensions.

the results also indicated that there was no statistically significant difference in the degree of cybersecurity awareness attributed to the variable of gender and education, while there was a statistically significant difference according to the training variable due to people who had received training on cybersecurity.

finally, the study recommended the need to pay attention to cyber security for people with disabilities in general and those with visual impairment in particular.