ASSESSING COMMUNITY AWARENESS OF CYBERSECURITY: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE PREVENTION

At present, everyone with access to the internet, including the community, is at risk of cyber-attack. This study aims to develop strategies to help the residents of Barangay Ibabang Dupay, Lucena City to avoid being victims of cyber-attack. A quantitative approach was used to conduct the study. The researchers used convenience sampling on choosing the 379 respondents from the said barangay. They were given 15 minutes to answer a three-part survey. The researchers measured whether; it is significant to conduct the study where awareness campaigns are being observed in the community as well as the problem is existent and is actually viewed as a problem. It was also revealed that awareness campaigns were implemented but failed to reach the majority of the community. Along with these findings, it was found out that the community is not much aware of the issues regarding cybersecurity. Therefore, This study highlighted the importance of awareness in the process of prevention.