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Information Security in Virtual Social Networks: A Survey in Higher Education

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Nowadays, a high number of the world’s online population uses social networks such as Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter to stay in touch with friends. Is well known the ability that students have to access to the Internet and social networks. However, the use of virtual social networks leads users exposed to several Information Security risks. So, it is important to understand the level of preoccupation, of university students, with the security of information and the security measures they adopt. On this basis, we proposed to develop a study to consider the extent to which students understand the importance of security policies in the virtual social networks. To the development of this study, we use the survey technique as we can get clear, direct and objective answers. Besides, as the data sample is composed of 290 students, the use of this investigation method is the more appropriate. The results are discussed based on the collected data from the surveys.

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UNIAG, R&D unit funded by the FCT – Portuguese Foundation for the Development of Science and Technology, Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education. Project no. UID/GES/4752/2016.

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  1. Centro ALGORITMI, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

    Isabel Maria Lopes

  2. UNIAG (Applied Management Research Unit), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

    Isabel Maria Lopes & João Paulo Pereira

  3. School of Technology and Management, Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, Bragança, Portugal

    Isabel Maria Lopes & João Paulo Pereira

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  1. DEI/FCT, Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra, Baixo Mondego, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. Nova IMS, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. College of Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Hojjat Adeli

  4. DSI/EEUM, Universidade do Minho, Guimarães, Portugal

    Luís Paulo Reis

  5. DIMES, Università della Calabria, Arcavacata di Rende, Italy

    Sandra Costanzo

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Lopes, I.M., Pereira, J.P. (2017). Information Security in Virtual Social Networks: A Survey in Higher Education. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Adeli, H., Reis, L., Costanzo, S. (eds) Recent Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. WorldCIST 2017. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 570. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56538-5_78

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