Gcaza, Noluxolo2018-10-052018-10-052018-08Gcaza, N. 2018. Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Human Aspects of Information Security & Assurance, 29-31 August 2018, Dundee, UK, pp. 80-909780244402549https://bit.ly/2O5NLDkhttp://hdl.handle.net/10204/10436Due to copyright restrictions, the attached pdf only contains the accepted version of the published paper. For access to the published version, kindly visit the publisher's website at https://bit.ly/2O5NLDkInformation and communication technologies (ICTs) are responsible for the transformation of societies, nations and the world at large. ICTs are considered to improve the quality of life for citizens as they bring about easiness and usefulness to perform day-to-day tasks. Most significantly, ICTs have paved way to ‘smart’ communities whereby citizens integrate various forms of technologies in the different contexts of life. It is known however, that ICTs introduce numerous cybersecurity risks. The problem this paper addresses is that cybersecurity awareness and education in smart communities is not given the precedence it warrants. The paper therefore argues that a community cannot be deemed as ‘smart’ if it is not ‘cyber smart’. As such, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate and highlight the cybersecurity challenges that are prevalent in smart communities.enSmart communityICTsCybersecurity awarenessCybersecurity educationConference PresentationGcaza, N. (2018). Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities. Lulu Press. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10436Gcaza, Noluxolo. "Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities." (2018): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10436Gcaza N, Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities; Lulu Press; 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10436 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Gcaza, Noluxolo AB - Information and communication technologies (ICTs) are responsible for the transformation of societies, nations and the world at large. ICTs are considered to improve the quality of life for citizens as they bring about easiness and usefulness to perform day-to-day tasks. Most significantly, ICTs have paved way to ‘smart’ communities whereby citizens integrate various forms of technologies in the different contexts of life. It is known however, that ICTs introduce numerous cybersecurity risks. The problem this paper addresses is that cybersecurity awareness and education in smart communities is not given the precedence it warrants. The paper therefore argues that a community cannot be deemed as ‘smart’ if it is not ‘cyber smart’. As such, the purpose of this paper is to evaluate and highlight the cybersecurity challenges that are prevalent in smart communities. DA - 2018-08 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Smart community KW - ICTs KW - Cybersecurity awareness KW - Cybersecurity education LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2018 SM - 9780244402549 T1 - Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities TI - Cybersecurity awareness and education: A necessary parameter for smart communities UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/10436 ER -